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Re:How much health insurers pay for almost everything is abo... by burnished on Friday July 01, 2022 @05:05PM (#31952916)
Medical care is not the kind of good that you can just say 'oh the market will correct it', because most of the assumptions you make about 'the market' don't apply to essential services.
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Re:How much health insurers pay for almost everything is abo... by akira2501 on Saturday July 02, 2022 @01:41AM (#31956575)
Does that apply to labor prices in the given markets, though? We can't force people to work there just because they are essential.
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