How come Hospitals do not display prices on a BillBoard? | |
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Asymptote User ID: 72725128 United States 01/07/2017 09:53 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Because not everyone pays the same prices....duh Approaching the line "Be wary of mathematicians, particularly when they speak the truth." - Augustine I sign all my Karma Polymath supreme BTW.... Any grammatical errors (or incorrect words) are due to Spellcheck fucking hating me.....did you see, it auto fucking capitalism the word Spellcheck |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 45961801 United States 01/07/2017 09:56 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Wendys and Mcdonalds charge different prices and that helps Capitalism and Competition They should show their different prices up front and on a billboard like McDonalds 4 Stitches at Hospital A = 200 Bucks 4 Stitches at Hospital B = 50 Bucks Cold and Flu = 50 Bucks Cold and Flu = 100 Bucks What I see a lot of is people claiming to support capitalism but then not supporting it when it cuts into their money |
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MaybeTrollingU User ID: 73046289 Brazil 01/07/2017 10:00 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Wendys and Mcdonalds charge different prices and that helps Capitalism and Competition They should show their different prices up front and on a billboard like McDonalds 4 Stitches at Hospital A = 200 Bucks 4 Stitches at Hospital B = 50 Bucks Cold and Flu = 50 Bucks Cold and Flu = 100 Bucks What I see a lot of is people claiming to support capitalism but then not supporting it when it cuts into their money Since you used the fast food example: Suppose you enter a McDonalds with 500 types of meats, 800 types of bread(for each end, top and bottom), 200 types of cheese. How will YOU make a prices billboard for all combinations. Each case can be different, there might be complications and "ifs and buts". We are talking about your health, not a god damn burger. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 3517507 United States 01/07/2017 10:05 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It's harder to screw consumers when you post prices. Denninger has been harping on this for years. What the medical industry does is illegal for any other field. Get the government out of health care and enforce market rules. Prices drop from 50 to 80 per cent. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 3517507 United States 01/07/2017 10:07 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Suppose you enter a McDonalds with 500 types of meats, 800 types of bread(for each end, top and bottom), 200 types of cheese. How will YOU make a prices billboard for all combinations. Each case can be different, there might be complications and "ifs and buts". We are talking about your health, not a god damn burger. Quoting: MaybeTrollingU Search Oklahoma Surgical Center, nimnal. |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 45961801 United States 01/07/2017 10:08 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Since you used the fast food example: Quoting: MaybeTrollingU Suppose you enter a McDonalds with 500 types of meats, 800 types of bread(for each end, top and bottom), 200 types of cheese. How will YOU make a prices billboard for all combinations. Each case can be different, there might be complications and "ifs and buts". We are talking about your health, not a god damn burger. They could categorize the procedures in groups and charge a flat fee for each. Your 10 different kinds of hamburgers could be turned into one and charged an average price accordingly. A Bacon Cheesebugers + Whopper + Big Mac + Quarter Pounder = $2.75 There are many procedures that could group and charge an average price |
MaybeTrollingU User ID: 73115228 Brazil 01/07/2017 10:10 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Since you used the fast food example: Quoting: MaybeTrollingU Suppose you enter a McDonalds with 500 types of meats, 800 types of bread(for each end, top and bottom), 200 types of cheese. How will YOU make a prices billboard for all combinations. Each case can be different, there might be complications and "ifs and buts". We are talking about your health, not a god damn burger. They could categorize the procedures in groups and charge a flat fee for each. Your 10 different kinds of hamburgers could be turned into one and charged an average price accordingly. A Bacon Cheesebugers + Whopper + Big Mac + Quarter Pounder = $2.75 There are many procedures that could group and charge an average price Judging by your answer, I could safely say you are a "chalenged" person, aren't you? |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 45961801 United States 01/07/2017 10:11 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I have been in restaurants that had a 10 page menu. The amount they had to offer was staggering I have catalogues from mail order companies that number in the thousands of pages.' I have websites like New Egg I buy from that house thousands of products How come they can list the price for each item but hospitals cannot display the price up front for routine procedures? |
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MaybeTrollingU User ID: 73115228 Brazil 01/07/2017 10:13 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Because procedures can be combinations of many procedures. |
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MaybeTrollingU User ID: 73115228 Brazil 01/07/2017 10:27 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | How would you propose capitalism and consumer choice be strengthened then? Lets hear it Helath is not a product. It can't be bought. You can pay good doctors, but you can never buy health. The product being bought is the doctors knowledge and the medical supply. The illness itself is not the product. A pill that works for you, might not be good for me, I might be alergic. A cut can be stitched, but depending on the area, the level of difficulty(thus doctor specialization, ie, knowledge) changes. A broken bone might need plaques, surgery, screws, different pain killers. Things are not black and white when it comes to the human body. We are not standardized machines like a car or a computer. |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 45961801 United States 01/07/2017 10:32 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | How would you propose capitalism and consumer choice be strengthened then? Lets hear it Helath is not a product. It can't be bought. You can pay good doctors, but you can never buy health. The product being bought is the doctors knowledge and the medical supply. The illness itself is not the product. A pill that works for you, might not be good for me, I might be alergic. A cut can be stitched, but depending on the area, the level of difficulty(thus doctor specialization, ie, knowledge) changes. A broken bone might need plaques, surgery, screws, different pain killers. Things are not black and white when it comes to the human body. We are not standardized machines like a car or a computer. Fair Enough But allowing these same industries to write healthcare is a recipe for disaster as we see with Obamacare Let the poor working man write policies for this country and we will see skill less work worth 20 bucks an hour, that is a human failing I want the Healthcare and Insurance Industry absolutely no where near national policies and that is what happened with Obamacare and for that, all Americans rich and poor are paying for it Any revisions or reforms should omit the beneficiaries from it |
MaybeTrollingU User ID: 73115228 Brazil 01/07/2017 10:36 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | How would you propose capitalism and consumer choice be strengthened then? Lets hear it Helath is not a product. It can't be bought. You can pay good doctors, but you can never buy health. The product being bought is the doctors knowledge and the medical supply. The illness itself is not the product. A pill that works for you, might not be good for me, I might be alergic. A cut can be stitched, but depending on the area, the level of difficulty(thus doctor specialization, ie, knowledge) changes. A broken bone might need plaques, surgery, screws, different pain killers. Things are not black and white when it comes to the human body. We are not standardized machines like a car or a computer. Fair Enough But allowing these same industries to write healthcare is a recipe for disaster as we see with Obamacare Let the poor working man write policies for this country and we will see skill less work worth 20 bucks an hour, that is a human failing I want the Healthcare and Insurance Industry absolutely no where near national policies and that is what happened with Obamacare and for that, all Americans rich and poor are paying for it Any revisions or reforms should omit the beneficiaries from it That's a WHOLE different topic and should get its own thread. We are talking about a billboard of prices for medical procedures here. Your concern is much more political than medical. |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 45961801 United States 01/07/2017 10:39 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | That's a WHOLE different topic and should get its own thread. We are talking about a billboard of prices for medical procedures here. Your concern is much more political than medical. Quoting: MaybeTrollingU Well, every political action is couched in Capitalist vs Socalist Jargon so I would say it is well deserved..... The Healthcare Industry benefits not from Capitalist Choice but Necessity of Survival |
MaybeTrollingU User ID: 73115228 Brazil 01/07/2017 10:41 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | That's a WHOLE different topic and should get its own thread. We are talking about a billboard of prices for medical procedures here. Your concern is much more political than medical. Quoting: MaybeTrollingU Well, every political action is couched in Capitalist vs Socalist Jargon so I would say it is well deserved..... The Healthcare Industry benefits not from Capitalist Choice but Necessity of Survival But it stil wouldn't be possible to put a billboard with prices for procedures. |
TidesofTruth User ID: 70667169 United States 01/07/2017 10:43 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | They will. Its coming extremely soon. All my medical test done now where I get them done are on a menu with pricing. Each month they run specials. Don't believe me? [link to healthchek.net] Last Edited by TidesofTruth on 01/07/2017 10:45 PM |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 72205558 United States 01/07/2017 10:46 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Since we pride ourselves on consumer oriented capitalism, how come hospitals do not have a billboard like we see at McDonald at the reception desk? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 45961801 I understand that for emergency care it would not work, but why not separate emergent care vs routine operations to drive competition? If I need a face lift, a few stitches, a sore looked at, the flu, how come prices are not displayed up front to drive competition and capitalism? the FTC requires McDonalds to post their prices for their products before a customer makes a purchase Why doesn't the Federal Trade Commission require the Mega Hospitals that don't pay income taxes because of their 501 (c) (3) tax exempt status to POST PRICES yet the CEO's make millions from these NO TAX PAYING companies |