ERs are hiring fewer doctors to save money: Shots

Re:ERs are hiring fewer doctors to save money: Shots – Healt... by wahnfrieden on Monday February 13, 2023 @11:23AM (#34775565)

Why only healthcare specifically?

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Re:ERs are hiring fewer doctors to save money: Shots – Healt... by l33t233372 on Monday February 13, 2023 @11:26AM (#34775623)

We’ve seen that having a profit motive is, to a point, generally good in many areas of commercial life.

Healthcare is not one of these areas.

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Re:ERs are hiring fewer doctors to save money: Shots – Healt... by dariusj18 on Monday February 13, 2023 @11:36AM (#34775779)

Let's do the same for housing

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Re:ERs are hiring fewer doctors to save money: Shots – Healt... by wahnfrieden on Monday February 13, 2023 @12:19PM (#34776620)

I'm asking why the difference? Why is it good for society sometimes, and sometimes terribly wrong, in your view?

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Re:ERs are hiring fewer doctors to save money: Shots – Healt... by darkmarmot on Monday February 13, 2023 @01:04PM (#34777504)

Inelastic demand is one oft cited trait.

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Re:ERs are hiring fewer doctors to save money: Shots – Healt... by antisthenes on Monday February 13, 2023 @01:39PM (#34778051)

Externalities of the absence of something can be small, large, positive or negative.

What do you think are the externalities of _not_ having healthcare available to majority of your population ?

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Re:ERs are hiring fewer doctors to save money: Shots – Healt... by wahnfrieden on Monday February 13, 2023 @05:56PM (#34782142)

You rephrased the question

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Re:ERs are hiring fewer doctors to save money: Shots – Healt... by mondocat on Monday February 13, 2023 @07:42PM (#34783469)

Because there shouldn't be a variety of price points, and innovation should not be hoarded. Healthcare should be uniformly the best it can be.

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Re:ERs are hiring fewer doctors to save money: Shots – Healt... by wahnfrieden on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @06:54PM (#34798004)

Agree but the question is why specifically only healthcare

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