Re:Show HN: Compare prices that US hospitals charge patients...
by eldavido on Monday January 18, 2021 @01:59PM
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I never said anything about loans.
What I'm suggesting is food stamps. Everybody can pay cash. If you can't, you get government assistance in the form of a cash-like subsidy that can be spent anywhere food is sold.
It's a fast, efficient way of ensuring universality of care while benefiting from the market discipline you get from having a (mostly) competitive, cash market. Not to mention, there is no insane "food insurance" bureaucracy. You swipe the card at the checkout line and you're good.
What I'm suggesting is food stamps. Everybody can pay cash. If you can't, you get government assistance in the form of a cash-like subsidy that can be spent anywhere food is sold.
It's a fast, efficient way of ensuring universality of care while benefiting from the market discipline you get from having a (mostly) competitive, cash market. Not to mention, there is no insane "food insurance" bureaucracy. You swipe the card at the checkout line and you're good.