The bill, strongly opposed by the device industry, died.
I'm shocked! Shocked I say!
The bill, strongly opposed by the device industry, died.
I'm shocked! Shocked I say!
The medical industry probably makes a device to fix that for you. They can't tell you the price though.
Yes. Why don't hospitals where you live have them?
No
As a matter of fact most of the hotels don't have them yet either.
I knew I was getting sub-standard health care.
In 2004, MedAssets joined with the Washington watchdog group, Public Citizen, in a lengthy legal battle against Guidant, now a subsidiary of Boston Scientific, to reveal the prices of cardiac devices. In a second lawsuit, Guidant sued ECRI Institute, a nonprofit research group that wanted to reveal the prices in its database.
In both cases, Guidant maintained that it was entitled to hide the prices as “trade secrets,” to protect them from competitors.
Rather than trying to break contract by the force of law, why not just stop signing contracts with stupid clauses?
Probably has something to do with the kick-bcks some hospital administrators and doctors were accused of...
You probably live in some communist state like Minnesota. That's what happens when you don't bow down to the power of capitalism. If you did, you would see that having competition would bring prices down.
In 2004, MedAssets joined with the Washington watchdog group, Public Citizen, in a lengthy legal battle against Guidant, now a subsidiary of Boston Scientific, to reveal the prices of cardiac devices. In a second lawsuit, Guidant sued ECRI Institute, a nonprofit research group that wanted to reveal the prices in its database.
In both cases, Guidant maintained that it was entitled to hide the prices as “trade secrets,” to protect them from competitors.
Actually, California. Maybe I should consider moving to a state that more throrougly embraces essential, life-giving entertainment. The weather is great though.
I always assumed competition was an intrinsic part of capitalism. I do not understand why the "price" of medical devices is a trade secret.
You probably live in some communist state like Minnesota. That's what happens when you don't bow down to the power of capitalism. If you did, you would see that having competition would bring prices down.
In 2004, MedAssets joined with the Washington watchdog group, Public Citizen, in a lengthy legal battle against Guidant, now a subsidiary of Boston Scientific, to reveal the prices of cardiac devices. In a second lawsuit, Guidant sued ECRI Institute, a nonprofit research group that wanted to reveal the prices in its database.
In both cases, Guidant maintained that it was entitled to hide the prices as “trade secrets,” to protect them from competitors.
Actually, California. Maybe I should consider moving to a state that more throrougly embraces essential, life-giving entertainment. The weather is great though.
I always assumed competition was an intrinsic part of capitalism. I do not understand why the "price" of medical devices is a trade secret.
Are you trying to start trouble by questioning the pricing policies of the private industry? They are merely trying to create competition. Go sit in the corner.
Is there a 3-D tv in the corner?
It's required to live so there are 3.
I can see it now. A defibrillator with a little slot on the side where you have to swipe a credit card before it'll start your heart back up. What hospital or ambulance wouldn't want these? And now that most passenger airliners have defibrillators, the major carriers would love them, too. Not only do they already nickel and dime you to death, now they can do the same to bring you back to life!
My response to this is, they didn't already do this? It's so mindnumbingly obviously the right thing to do!
Is there a 3-D tv in the corner?
It's required to live so there are 3.
Brilliant!...but I was going to cook dinner. Do you have any Cheetos?
Is there a 3-D tv in the corner?
It's required to live so there are 3.
Brilliant!...but I was going to cook dinner. Do you have any Cheetos?
Yes, $47.
I'll pay, I guess I could potentially starve if I don't.
Exactly. Besides... other people are paying twice as much for Cheetos.
But remember, you can' tell anyone else what you are paying for them. It's a trade secret.
Do they have 3-D Tvs in hospitals?
We have two in my department. A few of the research docs upstairs are working on some really funky 3D visualization software for various types of scans and microsurgery with robots.