Health insurers just published close to a trillion hospital prices

Re:Health insurers just published close to a trillion hospit... by opportune on Tuesday September 06, 2022 @09:56PM (#32745525)

Yes I think that makes sense, to an extent. Maybe not specifically those because they are too hard to measure. But it would be a great way to have people put skin in the game. As a taxpayer paying for others’ healthcare I’d love if they were incentivized to live healthier lives to reduce costs

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Re:Health insurers just published close to a trillion hospit... by echelon on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @01:26AM (#32746698)

There are people genetically predisposed to gain weight or have heart disease. Cancer can be Russian roulette, as is your immune system picking up random autoimmune disorders. Accidents happen.

There are too many stakeholders with too many backgrounds and conditions for anything like your proposed system to work. Everyone would be angry.

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Re:Health insurers just published close to a trillion hospit... by ahtihn on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @02:16AM (#32747033)

> There are people genetically predisposed to gain weight

And this genetic mutation somehow happened in the last 50-100 years or so? Obese people have always existed. Obese poor people are fairly new. The root cause is diet, not genetics.

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Re:Health insurers just published close to a trillion hospit... by chefandy on Thursday September 08, 2022 @12:21PM (#32767804)

It's "common knowledge!"

Read "a contamination theory of the obesity epidemic" to see how incorrect your assumptions are.

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Re:Health insurers just published close to a trillion hospit... by echelon on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @02:51AM (#32747305)

Human HLA / MHC have a significant role in gut microbiota composition.

Gut flora, in turn, play a significant role in hormone and appetite.

The interactions are complex, but genetics contributes to obesity.

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