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Re:What I learned from reading a thousand emergency room bills by krupan on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @04:48PM (#18720061)
"That system" as described by parent has not been tried, at least not in recent memory. What we see happening now are thousands of unintended consequences from government meddling with the free market.
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Re:What I learned from reading a thousand emergency room bills by TheOtherHobbes on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @04:53PM (#18720095)
I think you mean from the "free market" - which is neither free, nor genuinely a market - usurping the good-citizen responsibilities of mature and sane government.
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Re:What I learned from reading a thousand emergency room bills by tshanmu on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @06:14PM (#18720872)
Please read above as to why free market fails for emergency services
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