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- From: acheng@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Albert Cheng)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Subject: Re: Doctor ripoff, or just reality?
- Message-ID: <Bxnzw4.51J@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Date: 13 Nov 92 17:14:27 GMT
- Article-I.D.: news.Bxnzw4.51J
- References: <Uf0C8uW00YUnQ1TElU@andrew.cmu.edu> <1992Nov11.160714.29909@netcom.com> <EUGENE.92Nov12165745@trout.ksr.com>
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- Originator: acheng@shalom.ncsa.uiuc.edu
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- In article <EUGENE.92Nov12165745@trout.ksr.com>, eugene@ksr.com (Eugene Yi-jen Pan) writes:
- >Convenience is expensive. People, everyone not just you, bitches and moans
- >about doctor costs and hospital costs, but no one price shops. No one looks for
- >a doctor except when they are injured or sick. If people would spend some time
- >researching their doctors, maybe they wouldn't get reamed all the time.
- >
- >If you went into a car showroom, took a car home, and told them to bill you, I
- >am sure you would be reamed on the price, too. In most situations, people ask
- >for the price before buying, and I don't see why it should be any different for
- >medical care.
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- Well, when and where have you seen doctors and hospitals post their
- fees? I try ask for the cost in advance but they won't give a straight
- answer (oh, it depends on the length of the visit, somewhere from
- $50-$70). Even at the end of the visit, they can't tell me how much
- the bill is.
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