Re:Show HN: Healthcare Is Dumb
by kelnos on Saturday August 29, 2020 @12:00AM
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> Eventually, they would join other parts of the economy in the US, but in the short term, the unemployment rate would spike and the economy in general would suffer.
And if an administration managed to get this through in the beginning of their first term, they'd never get re-elected, and most of the Congresspeople who supported it would be out as well. The next group voted in would dismantle it and put things back the way they were.
Any plan to dismantle the US private insurance industry will need to ensure a very soft, cushy landing for the people employed in that industry, or it'll never work.
And if an administration managed to get this through in the beginning of their first term, they'd never get re-elected, and most of the Congresspeople who supported it would be out as well. The next group voted in would dismantle it and put things back the way they were.
Any plan to dismantle the US private insurance industry will need to ensure a very soft, cushy landing for the people employed in that industry, or it'll never work.