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Re:The Greedy Doctor Problem by karpierz on Friday November 19, 2021 @07:15PM (#29284349)
Or the doctor only takes on healthy patients, and refuses to take on anyone with pre-existing conditions.

Also, what happens when people self-select such that only people who often get sick take on these contracts, and people who are normally healthy stick with pay-for-service?

Re:The Greedy Doctor Problem by maxk42 on Friday November 19, 2021 @07:48PM (#29284530)
> Or the doctor only takes on healthy patients, and refuses to take on anyone with pre-existing conditions.

Only if they cannot help you. In which case you have the same medical outcome but save your cash.

Re:The Greedy Doctor Problem by mactavish88 on Friday November 19, 2021 @07:49PM (#29284535)
Yes there’ll need to be some way of catering for the reality of untreatable conditions (a kind of force majeure).