Price Discrimination In Healthcare

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The reason why most healthcare providers are able to charge different groups of purchasers’ different prices for the same product is because it is a type of price discrimination. It portrays some positive aspects of price discrimination. If a company lowers all their prices to the level where everyone could purchase their services, then they would lose too much profit from each service they provide. This kind of change shows how the gains from trading can be split among the consumers and producers which can be arguable. However, even so, discrimination on prices does not lead or need improvement. When under the price discrimination, any remaining items are generated but the seller will keep all of it’s’ values. The prices for healthcare services

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