"eBay" for Surgery
Here is a great story.
A woman needed major surgery in 2012. Cost: $79,000. The physician would not negotiate.
Then she found an eBay-like site. There, you get bids from physicians. She pays $25 a year for membership.
She got a better bid: $13,400.
The story is here: //www.garynorth.com/snip/1176.htm
The site is www.MediBid.com
There are others. One is https://pokitdok.com.
This idea is spreading.
The squeeze on physicians is coming. Market pricing is coming.