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In response to "All of that is true and I'm not arguing the USA health system isn't cray, but I just don't know that those are the examples of it?" by JackDawson

The ones I have experience with (Switzerland, Canada, Australia) all effectively have government-regulated pricing.

Posted by mafic Mar 11 '20, 06:25

For hospital visits in the private sector of Australia and Switzerland the full cost would be set by the government. Variable pricing by patient and coverage doesn’t exist. Canada doesn’t really have a private hospital sector to speak of, but if you were presented with a bill (basically only non-permanent residents or visitors) the prices are also set by the government (provincial in this case).

Private non-hospital care here can effectively charge what they like, but the government dictates what Medicare will pay and what various levels of insurance will have to cover beyond that. Anything additional is out of pocket, but there’s enough competition that prices don’t go much beyond that unless you want basically non-medical fanciness.

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That latter sounds identical to this. The former: total price controls are not exactly the standard I'd hold up to prove something else is crazy - JackDawson Mar 11, 06:33 2
- Not really the same. Insurance selection and pricing here is also heavily regulated. The point is more that variable billing for basically an ER visit - mafic Mar 11, 06:47 1
  - Right, but as you see this isn't really variable billing for basically an ER visit, as it ends up in the same place as any other visit - JackDawson Mar 11, 06:55

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The ones I have experience with (Switzerland, Canada, Australia) all effectively have government-regulated pricing.

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