[rocketpastsix]

Not sure how that will be helpful if you are in the middle of a heart attack though.

[orangecat]

True, but emergency care is a much smaller portion of medical spending than many people realize: https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2013/oct...

[dragonwriter]

That's emergency room care, but it's not like you're going to be shopping for care for most care provided in admissions from ER either (especially, e.g., ER -> ICU admissions.)

[chii]

Still useful for other non-emergency cases. And also, you could pre-choose the hospital when you're healthy!

[jryan49]

Maybe if the apps get good enough you just hit a button and it auto calls the cheapest hospital after a bidding war :)

[tehlike]

It will by means of fostering competition.