Comment by mindslight

We were both talking about how things ought to be. I was using an example of what I wanted in a specific situation to demonstrate the general lack of patient agency.

Also, it being possible to spend an outsized amount of effort obtaining healthcare outside the system isn't really relevant to discussing the failings of the current mainstream system. Every time I've tried to even get a straightforward price from a doctor in the US, I've been met with indignation like how could I even be asking such a thing.