...isn't the example on which one would want to build the case. But do you just not see a case to be built there in the first place?
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Look, for example, at the convo
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Costs are inflated because ins. plays subsidy/middleman, they compensate by jacking up rates. Costs are sky high and so is waste.
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I don't know how you eliminate both insurance or universal coverage - because costs are so randomized and potentially catastrophic. It isn't
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...like our system was either well priced or achieved world beating outcomes for the price, as it was before.
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I don't see how high cost procedures ever become affordable to working men/women without either affordable insurance or universal coverage.
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I mean like most things I'm genuinely open to alternatives and have a deep suspicion of status quo and commonly accepted "wisdom" on things.
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It's just having experienced the healthcare system in many countries I've yet to see a completely on demand pay as you go system work well.
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My take in this thread.https://twitter.com/St_Rev/status/860493882714456064 …
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I like that idea. Funding it would be interesting, as I guess it would be an entitlement program?
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Yeah, effectively universal single-payer catastrophe coverage. But gov't would be engaging with prices under some market discipline.
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This actually makes sense. Therefore, it will never, ever happen. :\
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