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Re:Hospital checklists are meant to save lives, so why do th... by sarcasmOrTears on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @07:19PM (#20630630)
You want to solve a problem caused by shortages with policies that historically always causes shortages? (Socialism)

Medicine is heavily regulated everywhere and people always complain about the same problems in the US and Europe, and these problems are the same kind of problems caused by regulation and guild-like organizations all around the world, in all industries at all points in time.

Even if you were to let someone else pay the bill, it's idiotic to have things organized as they're now.

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Re:Hospital checklists are meant to save lives, so why do th... by JudgeWapner on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @03:05AM (#20632545)
There wasn't a nursing shortage back when the county ran the hospital in my area. But you know the laws of supply and demand: corporations have to manufacture scarcity to drive up KPIs
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Re:Hospital checklists are meant to save lives, so why do th... by sarcasmOrTears on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @05:21AM (#20633100)
You still create a problem with prices since if everything is payed by the State, the pay is arbitrary
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Re:Hospital checklists are meant to save lives, so why do th... by mschuster91 on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @05:43AM (#20633182)
> You still create a problem with prices since if everything is payed by the State, the pay is arbitrary

No, it's no problem there. Raw materials / medicine, consumables, land, energy, work itself - everything has a price and thus a proper socialized healthcare system can account for everything, while putting patient outcome first and not money/profit.

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