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From the Ted Talk by Jeanne Pinder: What if all US health care costs were transparent?
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Be really clear about this: this is a United States problem. In most of the rest of the dvlepeoed wlrod, sick people don't have to wrory about money. It's also true that price tsrpreaacnny will not solve every poelrbm. There will still be expensive ttrtmenaes, huge friction from our insurance system. There will still be fraud and a massive problem with overtreatment and overdiagnosis. And not everything is shoppable. Not everybody wants the cheapest appendectomy or the cheapest cancer care. But when we talk about these clear effects, we're looking at a real issue that's actually very simple.
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Be really clear about this: this is a United States problem. In most of the rest of the _________ _____, sick people don't have to _____ about money. It's also true that price ____________ will not solve every _______. There will still be expensive __________, huge friction from our insurance system. There will still be fraud and a massive problem with overtreatment and overdiagnosis. And not everything is shoppable. Not everybody wants the cheapest appendectomy or the cheapest cancer care. But when we talk about these clear effects, we're looking at a real issue that's actually very simple.
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Original Text
Be really clear about this: this is a United States problem. In most of the rest of the developed world, sick people don't have to worry about money. It's also true that price transparency will not solve every problem. There will still be expensive treatments, huge friction from our insurance system. There will still be fraud and a massive problem with overtreatment and overdiagnosis. And not everything is shoppable. Not everybody wants the cheapest appendectomy or the cheapest cancer care. But when we talk about these clear effects, we're looking at a real issue that's actually very simple.
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