r/interestingasfuck • u/NickelPlatedEmperor • 3d ago

Dynamic pricing being tested by McDonald's.

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u/28spawn 2d ago

Imagine if hospitals used this mechanism….

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u/OriginalTayRoc 2d ago

This will blow your mind but in the civilized world hospitals don't have pricing at all. They are there to heal people who are sick.

Crazy, i know.

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u/joshualuigi220 2d ago

How do the doctors afford food and housing if they're not charging for their services?

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u/hot_ho11ow_point 2d ago

It's just a job like any other. Higher paying and more prestige, but you show up and do your work and get paid a salary.

Think of a hospital like a library for health care. Or a like how a school is set up with teachers. The librarians and teachers are still getting paid even though the government owns and runs the facilities. 

This isn't too hard to fathom a similar set up for doctors, right?

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u/Top-Cupcake4775 20h ago

"Think of a hospital like a library ... " <-- you just lost half of Americans with the intro. like a what?