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Balrog0 posted...

pikachupwnage posted...

Well yeah for Heart Attacks, Stroke and the like it wouldnt mean as much.

For shit like Hernias, Cancer, Knee replacement Surgery, etc. that is important but not a get treatment In like an hour tops or you are gonna drop dead/suffer severe brain/heart damage it will certainly help. People can and sometimes will pick and choose based on price or perceived quality.

that's the issue; there's very little evidence that consumers know anything about health care and lots of evidence that they really don't know anything about health care. hospitals would start paying a premium for good bedside manners and compliance with patient requests rather than medical knowledge or skill.

But that brings up a whole other point about maximizing utilization. Maybe healthcare doesn't need to always 100% be about maximizing quantity of life. Maybe some people are willing to trade in what's best as far as their health goes for what makes them have a better quality of life. Odds are there will be options. There's nothing wrong with differentiation of goals among various patients.

anyway this would all be predicated on hospitals refusing care to poor, dying people so that's one thing that you'd see more of

They would be more affordable, so in turn you would actually see more poor people seeking care. If society actually cared about helping poor people afford medical care, they could donate money to services that help cover their bills. Let society have their values reflecting naturally rather than through means of laws.