Re:List price for stitches at Stanford Health Care: $93K
by refurb on Sunday July 11, 2021 @10:16AM
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This is the Singapore approach to everything the govt offers. Unless citizens have “skin in the game” over utilization happens. So even if you’re destitute, the govt will ask “well, what can you pay?” and if it’s $20/month for rent, we’ll, your rent is $20. Same with healthcare. Destitute? Ok, the gov’t will cover 99% of the cost, but we need you to pay $20. Private insurance had plans that paid 100% of costs and the govt created a regulation banning it. The end user must pay something.
No saying it’s the right approach or not, but it’s an interesting one.
Re:List price for stitches at Stanford Health Care: $93K
by geoduck14 on Sunday July 11, 2021 @11:41AM
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There have been plenty of studies supporting this. Thanks for mentioning it
Re:List price for stitches at Stanford Health Care: $93K
by hef19898 on Sunday July 11, 2021 @10:46AM
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Germany tried to solve this with a 10 bucks fee for seeing a doctor per mnth, unless one doctor sent you to another one. It didn't have much of an impact, only increased beuracracy at the doctors practices expense and was abolished after some time.
I think another argument is that it'll be less effective (ex: longer wait times, etc) and that people will abuse it, ex: in Canada, I used to see people show up to ER because they were sneezing and I've seen people wait forever to get a doctor, etc, you're much less likely to do that if it costs you something.