Sadly in many walks of life (more so politics) we see people focus upon the messenger instead of the message. It stems IMHo from that primitaive tribal legacy that we still see play out today, be that sports with the teams or party politics. This is not a trait that all have and many have thru various factors, moved on and with that there are many who focus upon the message and put aside and loyalty or prejudices they may have in how they recieve and approach the message.
So with that, like yourself I view this transparency price thing as a good thing as it boils down to ticking the fairness box and being good for the people.
Equally, I can see how from business aspect wise it is bad and heck - what business would love to service a customer and not tell them the price only after the work has been dowe without them having any say in it. I'm sure many, however unfair/unscrupulous it may seem. So I see why they will fight it, be it to revoke it, change it or delay it in legal red-tape in the whole process. However, the approach of invoking the tribal support aspect to kill this of and by that, everybody who dislikes the party or the president that made this come about would be a devious tactic and unfair approach. Yet, that does appear to be the one being driven, be that directly or perhaps more so, the biases played out by the reporter/media outlets.
But a tribal bias in media outlets is something we are all aware of, some more balanced than other. But imagine if you had those opposing biases in the same location debating things and how that would deteriorate. Well, imagination is not needed as you get exactly that upon social media platforms.
So will be interesting and equally, concerning how this whole fight by hospitals plays out. As will the effect if/when it comes to pass. Will it help lower prices or will it drive up health tourisim abroad as you may find it is cheaper to hope on a plane to say Canada and get the blood test done there and work out cheaper. As will be the case with a few procedures using other countries.
Also be interesting how people react to this and will we see hoards of protestors fighting for the hospitals to stop this happening based solely upon party political tribal mentalities. I'd like to think not, but we live in such interesting times, you just can't rule that out.
So with that, like yourself I view this transparency price thing as a good thing as it boils down to ticking the fairness box and being good for the people.
Equally, I can see how from business aspect wise it is bad and heck - what business would love to service a customer and not tell them the price only after the work has been dowe without them having any say in it. I'm sure many, however unfair/unscrupulous it may seem. So I see why they will fight it, be it to revoke it, change it or delay it in legal red-tape in the whole process. However, the approach of invoking the tribal support aspect to kill this of and by that, everybody who dislikes the party or the president that made this come about would be a devious tactic and unfair approach. Yet, that does appear to be the one being driven, be that directly or perhaps more so, the biases played out by the reporter/media outlets.
But a tribal bias in media outlets is something we are all aware of, some more balanced than other. But imagine if you had those opposing biases in the same location debating things and how that would deteriorate. Well, imagination is not needed as you get exactly that upon social media platforms.
So will be interesting and equally, concerning how this whole fight by hospitals plays out. As will the effect if/when it comes to pass. Will it help lower prices or will it drive up health tourisim abroad as you may find it is cheaper to hope on a plane to say Canada and get the blood test done there and work out cheaper. As will be the case with a few procedures using other countries.
Also be interesting how people react to this and will we see hoards of protestors fighting for the hospitals to stop this happening based solely upon party political tribal mentalities. I'd like to think not, but we live in such interesting times, you just can't rule that out.