Asclepius
Web and SaaS
price comparison
SHOW HN2018
30points
9comments
#1,002of 2,155 in 2018
Top 47%of 2018 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
1 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 2 comments about the project.
Idea: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Good start toward lower hospital prices
From 2 comments
Getting pricing information on hospitals is a good start and encouraging lower prices is good thing as well. In addition, what we really need to get those insurance premiums…
pascalxus on HNGood start, but we need more (and deeper) initiatives like this.
viyu on HN
Objections
Price transparency alone won't lower insurance premiums
From 1 comment
Getting pricing information on hospitals is a good start and encouraging lower prices is good thing as well. In addition, what we really need to get those insurance premiums…
pascalxus on HN
Why Python instead of a simple open-source website
From 1 comment
Is there a reason this project isn't just an open-source website as opposed to a Python project?
_salmon on HN
Requests
Add more hospitals via pull requests
From 1 comment
Just started the project, please feel free to send a pull request for your hospital.
Immortalin on HN
Questions
Why a custom contribution agreement instead of Apache v2
From 1 comment
Why have a custom contribution agreement rather than just using the contribution agreement built in to the apache v2?
singron on HN
Alternatives named
Medicare hospital compare dataset
From 1 comment
https://data.medicare.gov/data/hospital-compare
_salmon on HN