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Re:Health care is turning into a consumer product by rscho on Monday January 10, 2022 @09:51AM (#29875644)
Yes, so. The typical American response to that is: "the government controls everything. Let the free market do its job!"

And then wonder why they get shit care for a huge price BUT swith nice marketing and a smiling "health dealer" getting you a 0% lease... oh sorry, we got you confused with a Chevvy!

And also, "we have the best care in the world because our docs are better selected". This one never fails to make me laugh, as a swiss MD

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Re:Health care is turning into a consumer product by mbg721 on Monday January 10, 2022 @10:52AM (#29876670)
Yes, that's the response, but healthcare in America is far from a free market. It's more a circle of sloppy middlemen, in much the same way that I hear privatized passenger rail in the UK described.
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