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Re:Many See I.R.S. Penalties as More Affordable Than Health ... by vidarh on Monday January 04, 2016 @09:45PM (#10840663)
> After that, let the market bring costs down by removing regulations.

This is hilarious, given that the US has the most expensive healthcare system in the world, outpacing far more regulated countries by vast amounts....

You might be right that you're hampered by bad regulation, but heavy regulation of the healthcare system have beaten the US consistently on cost for most of the developed world.

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Re:Many See I.R.S. Penalties as More Affordable Than Health ... by vezzy-fnord on Monday January 04, 2016 @10:38PM (#10840958)
The United States' healthcare system undoubtedly is heavily regulated. It just so happens that it's simultaneously stupidly regulated: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2730786/
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