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Re:The Illicit Perks of the M.D. Club by chimeracoder on Sunday July 03, 2016 @11:19AM (#12026290)
> The real issue here is not perks for physicians but the corrupt, inefficient, self-serving system that insurance companies and hospital bureaucrats have devised for the American public.

I agree with what you're saying, but if anyone's responsible for it, it's actually Congress, not the insurance companies and hospital bureaucrats. Private insurers and hospitals actually hate the status quo even more than you do, trust me.

I've written about this in more detail on HN previously[0][1][2], and I'm on my phone, so forgive me if I just link to those instead of typing it out again.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8122377

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10479398

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12026273

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Re:The Illicit Perks of the M.D. Club by discardorama on Sunday July 03, 2016 @11:39AM (#12026349)
> I agree with what you're saying, but if anyone's responsible for it, it's actually Congress

And by Congress, it really means YOU, the (American citizen) reader, who keeps voting for the same crooks.

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Re:The Illicit Perks of the M.D. Club by jjoonathan on Sunday July 03, 2016 @03:11PM (#12027223)
Right, I'll just choose the non-crook option next time! A foolproof plan.
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Re:The Illicit Perks of the M.D. Club by toomuchtodo on Sunday July 03, 2016 @09:05PM (#12028413)
Getting involved in politics is hard, but necessary, if we want change.
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Re:The Illicit Perks of the M.D. Club by gleb on Sunday July 03, 2016 @02:17PM (#12027025)
Do you know of a study that shows real cost breakdown of medical care by payer type, including these cross subsidies to Medicare? Somebody must have put this together.
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Re:The Illicit Perks of the M.D. Club by slsii on Sunday July 03, 2016 @02:34PM (#12027095)
I highly recommend Zeke Emanuel's "Reinventing American Healthcare" which covers the current status of the US healthcare system and the many reasons about why it turned out the way that it did. It's fairly comprehensive for a primer but is very accessible.

If I remember correctly, the book covers the question you're asking directly. I don't have the book handy otherwise I would summarize it for you.

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