Medical Industry vs Every Other Industry
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In India, the prices of primary and secondary procedures (both diagnostic like CT, MR, Ultrasound, etc. and treatment like surgeries, etc.) are told upfront, in most big hospitals (of course exceptions are there where hospitals lose their human touch and become crassly commercial, but they are exceptional cases). And further, there are a number of Government run hospitals and charitable ones (professionally run), where even angioplasty and bypass surgeries are done at highly concessional rates.
That just gives more credence to my point... it's completely possible. Over here in the US, they don't even give us that info. It's a just sign here and we'll charge whatever we want later on.
Jeremy Falcon
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That just gives more credence to my point... it's completely possible. Over here in the US, they don't even give us that info. It's a just sign here and we'll charge whatever we want later on.
Jeremy Falcon
Perhaps the lesser prevalence of medical insurance in India makes hospitals to state upfront the diagnostic / treatment expenses, to the patient. Because a significant percentage of people use personal funds for healthcare, and need ball park estimates. However medical insurance is gradually increasing, and maybe after 50 years, the situation in India may become like US.