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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tanis143" data-source="post: 3712343" data-attributes="member: 43724">And I disagree. What if tomorrow your favorite restaurant increased their price by 30% but paid their workers the same wage, paid the same price for food and supplies, and paid the same for building expenses. Would the quality of your service increase? No, because the prices were inflated simply to make a higher profit. The difference is you cannot shop around for a hospital that has lower prices when taken by ambulance. And since hospital costs are not regulated how can you determine if the price is fair? Can you tell me why the average stay at a hospital is over 11k? Why the ride in an ambulance costs up 1K? If not then you can not said their prices are fair anymore than I can. Plain and simple the medical industry fails to have any motive to keep their prices low, a key component to capitalism. Why do you think needed utilities (well, needed per say) like electric, water and gas are regulated? Shouldn't they be free to charge whatever they want as well? I'm sorry, but without competition and/or regulation, there is no protection from people getting fleeced.</blockquote>