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Re:You Can Thank Private Equity for That Enormous Doctor's Bill by axus on Thursday May 30, 2024 @09:09AM (#40523242)
Well in theory the inflated prices should then encourage more supply of these things; more housing/cars/healthcare would be good. Unnecessary limits on the supply and barriers to competition let the prices inflate away from equilibrium.
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Re:You Can Thank Private Equity for That Enormous Doctor's Bill by presentation on Thursday May 30, 2024 @09:14AM (#40523300)
The reasons for a lack of supply aren’t for lack of funding, so that points to the real problems.
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Re:You Can Thank Private Equity for That Enormous Doctor's Bill by pyuser583 on Thursday May 30, 2024 @09:29AM (#40523499)
Supply creates demand.
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Re:You Can Thank Private Equity for That Enormous Doctor's Bill by noitpmeder on Thursday May 30, 2024 @09:42AM (#40523621)
Forgive me, but I fail to see how the supply of quality medical care crates a demand for it.
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Re:You Can Thank Private Equity for That Enormous Doctor's Bill by bluGill on Thursday May 30, 2024 @10:43AM (#40524364)
If you put you in a time machine to 1860 ago you would be a fool to go to your local doctor (this was before doctors got scientific, or did basic things like wash their hands - as a result people who went to the doctor had worse results than people who didn't). Now that we have quality medical care people who go to the doctor have better results than people who do not and so that creates demand of people who want a better life. The people in 1860 (and before) would love to have access to the type of medical care we have today.
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Re:You Can Thank Private Equity for That Enormous Doctor's Bill by GartzenDeHaes on Thursday May 30, 2024 @10:03AM (#40523860)
By diagnosing more things, performing more procedures, and prescribing more pharmaceuticals. The opioid crisis, for example.
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Re:You Can Thank Private Equity for That Enormous Doctor's Bill by pyuser583 on Thursday May 30, 2024 @01:09PM (#40526111)
Medical care keeps people alive longer. Living people require medical care, while corpses do not.

I know lots of people who would be dead without medical care.

Instead they are making lots of doctors appointments, and buying lots of drugs.

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