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eridani Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-23-11 01:19 PM
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7. The Japanese government dictates insurance costs and medical prices
In 2008, a hospital room was still $20/night. Japanese engineers developed a less feature-loaded and very cheap MRI system because the government set the price of an MRI scan low.
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  -Japan – better outcomes with older people at half the cost Recursion  Sep-23-11 11:30 AM   #0 
  - They should compare that to the elderly Japanese in Hawaii  dkf   Sep-23-11 11:32 AM   #1 
  - We can't allow data to get in the way of stroking our egos with American Exceptionalism.  phantom power   Sep-23-11 11:38 AM   #2 
  - K & FRAKKING! R!!  patrice   Sep-23-11 11:45 AM   #3 
  - Japan  enid602   Sep-23-11 11:49 AM   #4 
  - I thought this would be a thread about actually charging old people what the procedures really cost.  RC   Sep-23-11 12:39 PM   #5 
  - It would be good to see things such as staffing ratios & direct care time per care receiver, also...  patrice   Sep-23-11 01:11 PM   #6 
  - The Japanese government dictates insurance costs and medical prices  eridani   Sep-23-11 01:19 PM   #7 
 

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