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    Matt Lewis‏Verified account @mattklewis 28 Jun 2017

    New column--> Is Real Free-Market Health Care Even Possible?http://www.thedailybeast.com/is-real-free-market-health-care-even-possible …

    4:17 AM - 28 Jun 2017 from Alexandria, VA
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      2. Rabbi Josh Yuter‏Verified account @JYuter 28 Jun 2017
        Replying to @mattklewis

        Milton Friedman conceded, "your money or your life" is not a "free choice." In your opinion do you think this might apply to healthcare?

        3 replies 4 retweets 7 likes
      3. IntllctlyHonestest‏ @intllctllyhonst 28 Jun 2017
        Replying to @JYuter @mattklewis

        What % of healthcare decisions are "life saving" procedures? That's a tear jerking anecdote, not an argument for confiscating 1/6 of economy

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Jim Shilander‏ @jimmyshi03 28 Jun 2017
        Replying to @intllctllyhonst @JYuter @mattklewis

        There's such a thing as quality of life. A torn ligament isn't life threatening, but walking around in constant pain isn't something to do

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. IntllctlyHonestest‏ @intllctllyhonst 28 Jun 2017
        Replying to @jimmyshi03 @JYuter @mattklewis

        Ha, yes. My point exactly. Ppl shop for quality of life. That's what improves quality of life.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Jim Shilander‏ @jimmyshi03 28 Jun 2017
        Replying to @intllctllyhonst @JYuter @mattklewis

        You're going to have a lot more Nick Rivieras in that system

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. IntllctlyHonestest‏ @intllctllyhonst 28 Jun 2017
        Replying to @jimmyshi03 @JYuter @mattklewis

        Why? R u that gullible, or it's just others? Restricting the supply of Doctors makes healthcare more expensive.

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      8. Jim Shilander‏ @jimmyshi03 28 Jun 2017
        Replying to @intllctllyhonst @JYuter @mattklewis

        It happens with lawyers today. The people who accept less tend to provide worse service/more work done by paralegals

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      9. IntllctlyHonestest‏ @intllctllyhonst 28 Jun 2017
        Replying to @jimmyshi03 @JYuter @mattklewis

        Lawyers also operate a cartel. Again, the point is self-refuting: much legal work can be done by non lawyers and lawyers vary in quality

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      10. End of conversation
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      2. Aaron Voymas‏ @voymasa 28 Jun 2017
        Replying to @mattklewis @benshapiro

        Wow, I never expected this from the beast. Heartening to see them acknowledge some of the damage the government has done to HC

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      3. Laura Seizer, BRD‏ @LiglyCnsrvatari 28 Jun 2017
        Replying to @voymasa @mattklewis @benshapiro

        Matt was previously at the Daily Caller. I hadn't known he was now at beast either. Good for them to get some balance.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. Laura Seizer, BRD‏ @LiglyCnsrvatari 28 Jun 2017
        Replying to @mattklewis

        Matt, I'd add in the tremendous amount of long-standing regulation of the insurance industry, including restricting interstate competition.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Spooky Suvy‏ @suvyboy 28 Jun 2017
        Replying to @LiglyCnsrvatari @mattklewis

        That's not gonna change. Every state will have different regulations.

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Laura Seizer, BRD‏ @LiglyCnsrvatari 28 Jun 2017
        Replying to @suvyboy @mattklewis

        What I'm trying to get at here is that it is foolish to pretend the status quo before O'Care was free market insurance. It wasn't.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Spooky Suvy‏ @suvyboy 28 Jun 2017
        Replying to @LiglyCnsrvatari @mattklewis

        Insurance markets generally tend to oligopoly. Health care, esp prinary care or things like that can be free. Insurance requires scale.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      6. Laura Seizer, BRD‏ @LiglyCnsrvatari 28 Jun 2017
        Replying to @suvyboy @mattklewis

        All true. I was already taking the need to alleviate natural monopoly tendencies in my comment, trust me. But actual reg scheme is otra cosa

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. Brian McKeon‏ @BrianMcKeon5 28 Jun 2017
        Replying to @mattklewis @benshapiro

        When profit is the primary motivator, the sickest among us will suffer the most.In the end, society must pick up the tab one way or another

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      2. Charles  ❌‏ @Charlemagne0814 28 Jun 2017
        Replying to @mattklewis

        Get govt out. Corrupts everything (cf 2007/2008). Free markets work. We never had one in healthcare.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      3. Samuel B. Roberts‏ @maravillage44 28 Jun 2017
        Replying to @Charlemagne0814 @mattklewis

        No. The problem is we elected a corrupt con man to be president. Health care needs to be provided by government to take profits out of costs

        3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Charles  ❌‏ @Charlemagne0814 28 Jun 2017
        Replying to @maravillage44 @mattklewis

        Worked really well for the VA huh?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Samuel B. Roberts‏ @maravillage44 28 Jun 2017
        Replying to @Charlemagne0814 @mattklewis

        Human nature. Businesses have many failures leading to people dying, poisoning environment, etc. They're subject to corruption, waste, fraud

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      6. Charles  ❌‏ @Charlemagne0814 28 Jun 2017
        Replying to @maravillage44 @mattklewis

        And government isn't? Are you one of those lazy overpaid bureaucrats? How is government somehow exempt from human nature?

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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