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Transparent pricing cannot be pushed under a rug to justify some warped sense of socialism or economic justice. Why would the authors even want to justify cross subsidising for private players? The Govt does that via different tax slabs. The silly example on healthcare, is just silly and shows that they haven’t really had the misfortune to step inside a hospital. Do they know that hospitals charges are substantially higher for a higher room category patient? Understandably to cross subsidise poor patients in general wards irrespective of what phone one uses.
Great article! I really appreciate your in depth understanding of such categories & the insights showcased. Really helpful. It’s making me think I should now buy one android phone:)
Transparent pricing cannot be pushed under a rug to justify some warped sense of socialism or economic justice. Why would the authors even want to justify cross subsidising for private players? The Govt does that via different tax slabs. The silly example on healthcare, is just silly and shows that they haven’t really had the misfortune to step inside a hospital. Do they know that hospitals charges are substantially higher for a higher room category patient? Understandably to cross subsidise poor patients in general wards irrespective of what phone one uses.