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BocaHoo91

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Why would you? If you have cancer, you're likely hitting deductibles


and capping your out of pocket so you no longer care about the cost. But there ARE many things where you should care about the cost, and if you cover every thing for everyone, why would anyone ever care to price shop anything.

On a slightly different issue, related to overuse of the the system not lack of price shopping.... we have close friends that are borderline hypochondriacs. In the time we've known them (we met when our first kids were born 3 days apart 11 years ago), I bet they've been to the ER 20 times for one ailment or another whether it's the husband, wife or one of the kids. And it's usually for the flu... things that most people deal with and/or see a primary care physician. I think it would be good if they were hit with more than just a $100 ER co-pay so they would use the health system more judiciously. But there's little incentive for them to pick a more cost effective solution because their out of pocket is not much different in either case.


(In response to this post by 111Balz)

Posted: 03/21/2017 at 2:48PM



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