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Trump's free market approach to hospitals
« on: August 08, 2018, 01:00:02 am »
Don Suber
Aug. 7, 2018

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Then there are Medicaid and Medicare, the twin peaks of socialized medicine, aka, hospital welfare.

People will shop around for plastic surgery because the expense is out of pocket.

But medical expenses covered by an insurance card go largely unchallenged despite co-payments and deductibles.

President Trump will upend this by introducing price tags to hospital stays.

"Hospitals will be required to post online a list of their standard charges under a rule finalized Thursday by the Trump administration," The Hill reported.

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Re: Trump's free market approach to hospitals
« Reply #1 on: August 09, 2018, 04:25:24 am »
Why don't you post the actual source story, rather than a blog opinion piece taken from it?
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