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Re:The Hidden Cost of Privatization by frgtpsswrdlame on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @04:11PM (#14555710)
Have you ever considered that your beliefs are utopian in nature? That if we give over everything to the market things won't just solve themselves?

Besides healthcare costs are lower in countries where the government intervenes more than ours does disproving the point.

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Re:The Hidden Cost of Privatization by subverter on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @04:56PM (#14556052)
I try to keep an open mind. I don't believe things will just solve themselves, nor do I think the market is the perfect solution. I do believe, however, that it's a better solution than government intervention, and we haven't found a superior solution.

Also, source for your second assertion?

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Re:The Hidden Cost of Privatization by dragonwriter on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @06:41PM (#14556647)
The US has the highest healthcare costs in the OECD on an aggregate basis, on a per capita basis, and on a share of GDP basis.

The OECD publishes copious statistics on healthcare expenditures, access, quality, and outcomes: http://www.oecd.org/health/health-data.htm

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Re:The Hidden Cost of Privatization by frgtpsswrdlame on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @06:32PM (#14556623)
>Also, source for your second assertion?

It's well established, just google it.

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