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Re:When Medical Debt Collectors Decide Who Gets Arrested by shantly on Saturday October 19, 2019 @06:44PM (#21301193)
More important is that states can’t control immigration and cross-border trade, making a variety of policies infeasible or much more expensive, compared with the same implemented nationwide.
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Re:When Medical Debt Collectors Decide Who Gets Arrested by bhupy on Sunday October 20, 2019 @01:03AM (#21302382)
Immigration and cross-border trade is free in the EU, and yet healthcare is a member-state level issue. In India, healthcare is explicitly a state issue, not a Union issue.
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Re:When Medical Debt Collectors Decide Who Gets Arrested by shantly on Sunday October 20, 2019 @12:58PM (#21305361)
At a glance, it looks like both have mandates of some sort that keep states/countries from going full-on free rider, which is what I expected.
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Re:When Medical Debt Collectors Decide Who Gets Arrested by bhupy on Sunday October 20, 2019 @05:38PM (#21307335)
Right, the US-equivalent would be for States to tie their welfare programs to state residency, which is totally reasonable and within the realm of possibility.
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