On 3/17/2016 5:57 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> >>
>> >I wonder how the world would have turned out if you had a "free at the
>> >point of use" health service.
> That would be a nice thing.  As it is now, there's always a concern about
> going to the doctor for something - because "how much is it going to cost
> me?" is always a deciding factor.
>
> Like "I've got kidney stones - but no insurance.  Do I go to the ER for
> pain meds and treatment, or do I live with the pain?" - that's a decision
> nobody should ever have to make.
>
> And then when you get charged $3,000 for the visit (what was essentially
> a 15-minute consultation with the ER doctor), it's not exactly like
> you're in a position to shop around for the least expensive ER, compare
> Yelp reviews, and make an "informed consumer decision" about where to go.
>
> And they don't really say anything about the pricing being negotiable
> (I've had a few people claim that that is actually the case here in the
> US - but I've never known it to be true).

I can't get my head round the American attitude to health care.

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Regards
     Stephen

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