tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094922047296526858.post2251331963597678098..comments2024-02-13T18:15:00.083-05:00Comments on TRIADWATCH: Allen Johnson: "Hospital bill heartburn" - How about it Cone Health?Triadwatchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01470318773895235030noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094922047296526858.post-54723570573103381152012-02-14T08:13:40.568-05:002012-02-14T08:13:40.568-05:00“One of the things I learned from T.R. Reid’s exce...“One of the things I learned from T.R. Reid’s excellent book about health care reform here and in other countries (“The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care”) is that in some countries doctors and hospitals actually post prices on waiting room walls (as a diner would a menu) so patients know what costs what up front.<br /><br />What a novel concept. Why can’t we do the same?” - Allen Johnson<br /><br /><br />Welcome to 1972 Mr. Johnson! Talk about behind the curve. Failure to post prices in the realm of health-care is a four decade old observation/argument.<br /><br />There is no need to go on “global quests” nor confuse oneself with the political no-meaning term “fair”, one can merely spend ten minutes reading Milton Friedman’s essay How to Cure Health Care, 07/30/2001 [link follows].<br /><br /> http://www.hoover.org/publications/hoover-digest/article/7298W.E. Heasleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00368333904571061995noreply@blogger.com