singaporeans generally do and go as they are told.cuddlelooker wrote:To elaborate further,
Some problems that I see.
1. lack of transparency - for example, it's not easy to obtain information on costs of treatment by various doctors, even for simple procedures. And you won't really know until you actually go down to the clinic.
2. wide disparity of pricing - for example, doctor A can charge $2000 for a procedure, while doctor B charges $1000 for the exact same procedure. The differences in price can be due to differences in experience, service etc, but the consumer should know what he's paying for
3. difficult to obtain information - for example, how do I know if my specialist doctor has significant experience in this area of treatment? Nowadays, medicine is sub-specialised, so say a surgeon who's an expert in gastric surgery may not be so experienced in liver surgery, although they are all under the same specialty of general surgery.
What do you think?
It's not even just doctors but entire hospitals playing funny games when it comes to billing. Got charged some big, fat amount once on my CC and although things ended sooner they made sure I never saw a penny back. All sorts of misc. tests and charges were chucked in at the last minute to make sure they kept whatever they blocked on the CC in the first place.cuddlelooker wrote:Some problems that I see.
1. lack of transparency - for example, it's not easy to obtain information on costs of treatment by various doctors, even for simple procedures. And you won't really know until you actually go down to the clinic.
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