Re:Open source hospital price database
by a-user-you-like on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @01:54AM
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Of course some things are justified expenditures for taxes, I’m not a minarchist, but those things should be thought through very carefully. Healthcare is a commodity unlike power generation, roads, or perhaps even fire service. On that sense I’d argue it’s just a direct $$ transfer at that point and essentially stealing.
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That "stealing" argument doesn't fly in Australia, just like disability and unemployment pension are not seen as stealing, even though they are much more redistribution-y.
I wasn't poor even before I moved to Australia, and I would go to a store, buy some crap for a week (far from everything I needed) for $X, then see a notice saying "hiring cashiers, $2X a month". I'm probably speaking for a lot of Australians - I want none of that working poverty here, and high minimum wages and Medicare always were big parts of that.
Re:Open source hospital price database
by a-user-you-like on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @04:23AM
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Oh I’m aware it doesn’t fly a lot of places, but man’s eye is often on his neighbor’s goods to provide himself “essential” services.