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		<description><![CDATA[If the government allowed mask suppliers to bill hospitals the way it allows hospitals to bill patients, there would be plenty of masks for every patient in every hospital.

Higher education (at least in the US) is the other sector famous for sticker-shock list prices for the same services (i.e., no premium versions) that are then frequently discounted by different amounts according to an unpredictably opaque and obscure system of arbitrary discretion such that they bear little connection to the typical amounts the customers actually pay.  I wonder how such a &quot;list vs net&quot; analysis would look for those institutions.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If the government allowed mask suppliers to bill hospitals the way it allows hospitals to bill patients, there would be plenty of masks for every patient in every hospital.</p>
<p>Higher education (at least in the US) is the other sector famous for sticker-shock list prices for the same services (i.e., no premium versions) that are then frequently discounted by different amounts according to an unpredictably opaque and obscure system of arbitrary discretion such that they bear little connection to the typical amounts the customers actually pay.  I wonder how such a &#8220;list vs net&#8221; analysis would look for those institutions.</p>
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