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peacebird

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5. Ridiculous. My doc says I need a colonoscopy, how do I price shop? The hospitals and docs

Reply to eridani (Original post)

Wed Jan 20, 2016, 10:11 AM

Jan 2016

Do not have prices listed on a 'menu' so I can compare.

Plus, when looking for a cancer doc, I look at qualifications and who has best outcomes, not lowest cost.

The whole "skin in the game" arguement is total bs. What they want to do, in reality, is make it so expensive people DO NOT seek treatment so that the insurance never has to pay out!

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Higher deductibles do NOT lead to more careful "shopping" [View all] eridani Jan 2016 OP

Who the hell wants to go shopping for medical treatment? Human101948 Jan 2016 #1

Exactly. Makes no more sense than "shopping" for a fire department eridani Jan 2016 #2

If they can even tell you, it will depend Habibi Jan 2016 #9

HEALTH CARE IS NOT A COMMODITY Warren Stupidity Jan 2016 #3

I don't understand this at all. "Price Shopping?" StandingInLeftField Jan 2016 #4

Ridiculous. My doc says I need a colonoscopy, how do I price shop? The hospitals and docs peacebird Jan 2016 #5

Pfft. We peons don't deserve to look at qualifications and outcomes. jeff47 Jan 2016 #6

ACA: it's the best we could hope for! KG Jan 2016 #7

It's a start--let's take it further n/t eridani Jan 2016 #8

So you're laying on a gurnery at the ER and you've just been told you need bypass surgery. Vinca Jan 2016 #10

Deductibles are designed to provide a period of 100% profit until a claim is made and then the Monk06 Jan 2016 #11