Re:It’s time for a new, progressive supply-side economics
by ModernMech on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @11:28AM
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This is a premature optimization. Making things cheaper isn't the solution when there's a giant, engorged parasite sitting in the middle of the system sucking up all the slack. As soon as you make things cheaper, the parasite will just gobble up all your savings. Get rid of the parasite first.
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Re:It’s time for a new, progressive supply-side economics
by bluecalm on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @11:41AM
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I agree it's a parasite. I don't agree that what the parasite takes from the system is that much. You will need state run bureaucracy with single payer. It will cost a lot of money. Maybe less than the current parasite but I don't think the numbers ate there to claim it's the biggest problem of the system.
Re:It’s time for a new, progressive supply-side economics
by ModernMech on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @12:02PM
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There's a difference between a bureaucracy and a parasite. A bureaucracy is part of the necessary complexity of a healthcare system. What's not necessary is a profit motive. I would say it doesn't matter whether or not insurance is the biggest problem of the system, it is a problem because its purpose to to extract profit from any available nook and crevice. Profit motives elsewhere in the system are also a problem.