What if you lived in a world where a new Toyota at one dealership cost $40,000, but the same Toyota at another dealership cost $200,000? It would seem absurd, but easy to manage. You would simply go to the dealership with the lower price — problem solved. But what if you couldn't know the price of the car until after you bought it, and you were often limited to buying from only one dealership? This is the reality for one-fifth of our economy — health care. The cost of health care can vary greatly depending on where you receive it, with hospitals typically being the most expensive providers by far.

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