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GabrielBen
on Dec 22, 2020
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Congress is set to ban most surprise medical bills
So you think that farmers sell corn at the prices because they fear they will get robbed or plundered otherwise, but hospitals fear no plunder?
three14
on Dec 22, 2020
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No. I think I covered that with "the markets are so large that it's usually hard for a supplier to form a monopoly or a few to form oligopoly."
GabrielBen
on Dec 22, 2020
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Healthcare market is really big as well. Why is it easy to build a monopoly there?
arcticbull
on Dec 22, 2020
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It's really not. Generally you're limited to two or three insurance providers in a state and in range of your car accident, about one hospital.
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