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		gnaritas on Aug 3, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: PET scans show many Alzheimer’s patients may not a... > the entire system is designed around maximizing billing Our entire world is built that way, it isn't unique to medicine.

mulmen on Aug 3, 2017 [–]

Except for businesses that compete on price.

gnaritas on Aug 3, 2017 | [–]

And every business does everything it can to not have to do that, it works when there's choice and price transparency, markets fail without the right ingredients and healthcare is certainly one of the markets the free market has failed.

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