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vjvjvjvjghvtoday at 12:03 AM1 replyview on HN

I am good with getting rid of B).

A) can probably only be fixed with regulation. Why would hospitals and insurance otherwise make prices transparent? The current state serves them really well.


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mhh__today at 12:17 AM

Because in a fair market they would be competed away - prices of food, computers, bonds, etc are not transparent because of regulation - it's largely because of the tax incentive as far as I've read from healthcare economists.