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Re:Share of U.S. workers holding multiple jobs is rising by ska on Thursday February 18, 2021 @09:20PM (#26188754)
The biggest drivers of health care cost have little to do with physicians, their training, or licensing although they do all contribute a bit. So to make any impact you'd need a much bigger list of things to change.
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Re:Share of U.S. workers holding multiple jobs is rising by amanaplanacanal on Friday February 19, 2021 @07:25AM (#26192380)
What are the biggest drivers? It feels like death from a thousand cuts.
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Re:Share of U.S. workers holding multiple jobs is rising by ska on Friday February 19, 2021 @12:19PM (#26195358)
I was maybe underemphasizing the labor costs - it's a real contribution. But you are right that everything is more expensive, and it's pretty interconnected. Big contributors: fee for service incentives, administration overhead, end of life care, inefficiencies due to fragmentation and licensing, insurance inefficiency (not the profit margin, but the tracking/coding level of detail), over subscription of expensive (e.g. capital heavy) procedures, pharmaceutical costs.
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Re:Share of U.S. workers holding multiple jobs is rising by vizzier on Friday February 19, 2021 @01:49PM (#26196476)
I'm reminded of https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/02/09/considerations-on-cost... when these discussions come up.
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