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> have to set open and fixed pricing for procedures/services for all

You mean guaranteed (set) profits. The telco I work for operates under exactly that model, and it sucks. For everyone.

This would have nothing to do with guaranteed profits. If people don't like the prices no-one will go to the hospital and profits wont exist. They simply have to price transparently at amounts that are available for all people without discrimination to someones healthcare company or lack of.

Uhm.. Sometimes there is a need to go to a hospital ;)

If you refer to the original comment you will see this refers to non-emergency treatments. In this people have choice and can largely travel to an alternate locations making this solution feasible for the majority. For emergency treatment, a different model would be needed to reduce gouging issues, likely more direct market intervention for areas the discussed wouldn't benefit. I'll leave that for another day.

> legislate hospitals have to set open and fixed pricing for procedures/services for all.

Fixed pricing = fixed profits.

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