Re:Taxpayers spend 22% more per patient to support Medicare ...
by ethbr1 on Sunday December 08, 2024 @05:19PM
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Counterpoint: there are opportunities for harvesting efficiencies by eliminating middlemen (read: private insurers and price negotiators)
The US system is convoluted enough that I wouldn't be surprised if they're bringing negative value simply by existing.
Especially since with computerization, there's no need to have an entire company to track and route paper.
You just can't beat O(2) function with linear policies. You must make it cost less - but making it costing less means everyone in the healthcare is making less. So there will be massive resistance to any kind of change. You could achieve slightly more healthcare for money spent, but you can't meaningfully reduce costs.