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Re:When good ideas make bad business by ericmcer on Friday January 03, 2020 @02:41PM (#21949547)
At least in the above scenario the hospital has a financial incentive to treat you (part of why we perform loads of unnecessary surgeries in this country).

I’m for a public system I just think it is very difficult to do correctly, and if we go into it with idealism instead of extreme pessimism we will fail to secure it against those who prey on exploiting public money.

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Re:When good ideas make bad business by TheOtherHobbes on Friday January 03, 2020 @03:07PM (#21949789)
Private healthcare already preys on exploiting the money of the public.

I'm not convinced the distinction between "public money" and "the money of the public" is particularly clear in these situations.

And of course you don't need a hypothetical "correct" solution - just one that's clearly less exploitative of consumers.

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