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Re:Microsoft Urges Congress to Regulate Use of Facial Recogn... by devmunchies on Friday July 13, 2018 @03:27PM (#17525936)
> nobody has an incentive to make care cheaper.

Companies who act as the insurance company and the care provider have an interest in cheaper care. E.g. Kaiser Permanente

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Re:Microsoft Urges Congress to Regulate Use of Facial Recogn... by vkou on Friday July 13, 2018 @03:51PM (#17526122)
Well, they are essentially a single-payer system for their customers. That's not really surprising.

They also have an incentive to err on the side of providing less care. Since you still can't meaningfully comparison shop between them and their competitors, I suppose it is exactly like a national single-payer system.

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Re:Microsoft Urges Congress to Regulate Use of Facial Recogn... by jonny_eh on Friday July 13, 2018 @04:14PM (#17526306)
And sometimes less care produces better outcomes. You can run too many diagnostics leading to more false positives.
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Re:Microsoft Urges Congress to Regulate Use of Facial Recogn... by ggg9990 on Friday July 13, 2018 @04:03PM (#17526212)
> They also have an incentive to err on the side of providing less care.

This is only true at the end of a person's life. Before then, ignoring problems does not make them go away, it in fact makes it more expensive for them.

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Re:Microsoft Urges Congress to Regulate Use of Facial Recogn... by mjevans on Friday July 13, 2018 @05:06PM (#17526692)
Not quite; there's also the chance you might switch providers before discovering a condition.
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