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Re:Your New Medical Credit Score Could Deny You Care by merpnderp on Thursday February 06, 2020 @11:58AM (#22257738)
Absolutely untrue as the only markets we see this in are ones which are heavily regulated. And we're not talking safety regulations, but regulations to shape the market, which is likely impossible to keep from being corrupt (easy to believe if you've ever met an actual human being). I'd bet 50% of states have explicit laws limiting the number of hospitals in areas to protect county/state hospitals from competition, leaving many urban areas without high quality care, and yet somehow, through some chain of conspiracy theories, capitalism is to blame.
Re:Your New Medical Credit Score Could Deny You Care by uoaei on Thursday February 06, 2020 @12:17PM (#22257954)
I don't think anyone's talking about free markets, just private ones.

Those laws exist because capitalist forces incentivize healthcare providers to limit competition.

Re:Your New Medical Credit Score Could Deny You Care by merpnderp on Thursday February 06, 2020 @09:21PM (#22262673)
That's not true. In a lot of places those laws were put in place to protect county hospitals from private competition.
Re:Your New Medical Credit Score Could Deny You Care by batty_alex on Thursday February 06, 2020 @12:57PM (#22258376)
I recommend you look into the history of why these sorts of regulations exist. Start here: https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/149661

> which is likely impossible to keep from being corrupt (easy to believe if you've ever met an actual human being).

Have you met any human beings? Try not to be so cynical, damn.