Question I'd like to see asked: 'If health care is a right, what's the maximum amount that the gov't should spend on any one citizen? One million? Ten million? A hundred million?'
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@primalpoly man, I generally love your approach, and contributions but this question seems to really blunt any nuance with regards to the shifting costs of something as complex as health care, specifically when so much of it can and probably will be optimized in near future.
I just want candidates to tell the truth: gov't health care means health care will be rationed, and some people will be denied care, and will die because of it. Just be honest.
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It is rationed today even if you have insurance. It is limited by what the insurance maximum payout is and the net worth of the individual.
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Favorable patent laws are also protecting huge economic rents and causing rationing. Saving lives would be significantly less expensive if we would forgo patents and fund research directly. https://prospect.org/article/insulin-racket … http://cepr.net/publications/op-eds-columns/the-zika-vaccine-the-miracle-of-government-funded-research …
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There are issues with it sure, but it's still infinitely preferable to the current US system.
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