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		pydry on June 15, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Most hospitals aren't complying with price transpa... Incompetence isn't quite how I'd describe this.

Gibbon1 on June 15, 2021 [–]

There is nothing about the system that rewards competence on the financial side of healthcare.

Billing is based on what they can force people to pay. Not on what services actually cost. One downside of that is they have no control on how much things cost.

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