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But the guy who will offer you a cure for "everything you have minus one dollar" is going to get your business.

Not necessarily. Suppose you have a deadly condition. Your information is extremely limited as non-professional. Would ... you can pay all your money now for the cure your doctor offers or you can wander over to an unknown provider for the best price? The quality of unknown providers is ... unknown and your doctor is known. And he knows he's got by the genitalia and will charge accordingly since with even a thousand unknown providers, your real choices are very limited.

Just as much. Presently, no American hospital publishes its price list. I believe there's no regulation about this. Why hasn't "the market" impelled these providers to publish their prices.

parent joe_the_user 15 years ago

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