[inviromentalist]

Ive seen medical attempt to sell me extra services within their hospital network with my kid. 2000$ to fix Tongue Tie with surgery. Laser procedure is 600$ and done at a dentist.

The ($200-300k/yr) physician said there was data surgery is better. So I looked it up, no data, and surgeons started using laser because it heals better. Upon confronting she said- if you ask a physician they will recommend a physician. (So factionalism?)

Why is this nonscience acceptable in medical?

On a different note, hospitals somehow get patients for non hospital needs.(disclaimer my wife owns her own practice and competes) For instance if you go to a hospital for physical therapy, you will likely have 1 Dr for at least 2 patients. You get 37 minutes of treatment because they can legally bill for 1 hour. At my wife's clinic, she treats 1 on 1, and sometimes sessions go over 1 hour.

There are no advantages of a hospital for this care.

I'm not sure if overregulation or lack of patient information is to blame. I'm horrified at the thought of being sick and dealing with our medical cartels.

[SuoDuanDao]

This would be in the US I presume? Proponents of single payer focus a lot on the issues with insurance taking profits, but I think the real problem with capitalist medicine is that the skills needed for selling medical procedures and helping patients heal are not really compatible. Doctors being forced to sell their own services creates a perverse incentive towards the most expensive procedures, which unfortunately are often also the most risky.

[Hnrobert42]

That person is likely not in the US. We put the $ before the digits.