Re:List price for stitches at Stanford Health Care: $93K
by ajnin on Sunday July 11, 2021 @05:00PM
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> I am not confident in the ability of the government to implement a reasonable single payer system. I am concerned that regulatory capture, small government politics, and special interest groups will result in system that is worse than what we currently have.
It takes a special kind of delusion to believe that when every single country in the world that has a public health system is in fact not worse than the US system.
I think a large part of the problem is that Americans are brainwashed from birth to believe that the "Free Market" will solve all problems, and that it is superior to public systems 100% of the time.
Re:List price for stitches at Stanford Health Care: $93K
by pyuser583 on Sunday July 11, 2021 @11:36PM
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America is dealing with some very serious problems that “every other country” is not.
As an America this is a very sad thing for me to say. But the basic mechanisms of government are failing.
You had mentioned hospitals being incentivized to reduce costs. They could do that by avoiding sick patients. Or not treating sick patients.
Some “providers” already have this business model.
Also, it’s all but guaranteed hospitals would seek to increase revenue by providing non medical services at high expense.
$2000/meal. $500/night parking. $500 for a hospital gown.
America needs to address its weak administrative state, underfunded and under-qualified civil service, and overall shitty public sector before taking on a massive project like this.