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Re:Health care is turning into a consumer product by andrekandre on Monday January 10, 2022 @08:17AM (#29874290) 

  > Edit: Anyone wanna do me the courtesy of explaining why I'm so wrong?
just a guess, but it might be because of...

  Market is a fine fit for every healthcare need that doesn't start with a trip to the ER which is the overwhelming majority of healthcare dispensed in the US.
... one of the reasons most visits in the us is the er is precisely because preventative care is so expensive/hard-to-get in the u.s and people put off visiting the doctor regularly since its so expensive... the market isn't very amenable to these extra costs in the short run, whereas a state-run system might not have the same short-term cost concerns and encourage/subsidize regular visitation/preventative-care...
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Re:Health care is turning into a consumer product by nradov on Monday January 10, 2022 @11:06AM (#29876900)
Preventative care in the US isn't expensive or hard to get for most patients. Under the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) there are a wide range of preventive services that must be covered at no cost to the patient. While some coverage gaps remain, those plans cover the majority of US residents.

https://www.healthcare.gov/coverage/preventive-care-benefits...

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