[BipolarBob]

That's called ala carte - only pay for what you want. Congress debated forcing that on the providers. Which of course brought out the lobbyists to fill the Congress coffers with bribes campaign money and so that was dropped like a hot horseshoe. We have the best Congress money can buy.

[DIRTYSECRET]

Doctors and mechanics diagnose the same way. They tell you this is what you need and then they provide it.

What if dentists could only diagnose and tell you what’s needed? Some other DDS has to do the work after shopping around. No conflict of interest. Would it lower prices? Auto diagnosis can be tricky but not the regular checkups.