[podgaj]

Why is this not happening now? Because they hide the prices on purpose.

And when I am having a manic episode it is kind of hard for me to search for the cheapest hospital to have myself involuntarily committed.

There are just some thing capitalism really sucks at, just admit it.

[dantheman]

Emergency care is a tiny portion of all healthcare costs.

[podgaj]

In 2017 ED healthcare costs were $76 billion. That is about 10%.

Just go on amazon and try to buy something if you think finding the "cheapest price" would help people get healthcare.

But also, am I supposed to suffer higher prices because of my specific illness that they can charge whatever they want?

[dantheman]

Lots of ED health care costs aren't emergency, and the reason they can charge whatever ever the want is because of special government privileges.

It's much easier to address the cost of non ED care and since it's 90% of spending, that seems like a good place to start?