Health for sale: online
p2pnet.net OT news:- Ummm, make mine a, let’s see, Prevnar Vaccine ($144) and Colonoscopy ($424), and maybe a Hep-HIB Combo ($100) on the side.
Look good? All three feature on an online menu published by an American medical health sales site.
HealthCare Partners says it’s a, “multispecialty medical group dedicated to the well-being and the respectful, compassionate healing” of patients and communities”.
And it’s not embarrassed to say how much it’ll be charging.
The medical group, based in southern California, is, “the first and largest health organization” in America, “to make prices for procedures easily available to the public,” says Associated Press, adding:
“The Los Angeles Times reports that Robert Margolis, a founding physician and chief executive of the medical group, said it felt ‘like the right thing to do’.”
What’s next?
Don’t ask.
Also See:
Associated Press – Doctors Group Posts Prices Online, May 28, 2007
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