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Re:The Number go up rule: Why America refuses to fix anything by newsclues on Friday July 18, 2025 @01:54PM (#44607815)
For insurance, but health care is bigger than insurance.

Pharmaceutical, hospitals, equipment manufacturers.

Not everyone profits maximally from healthy people.

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Re:The Number go up rule: Why America refuses to fix anything by darth_avocado on Friday July 18, 2025 @02:07PM (#44607958)
Correct. But incentives within the industry should balance everything out if each of these players tries to profit maximally the right way.
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Re:The Number go up rule: Why America refuses to fix anything by newsclues on Saturday July 19, 2025 @12:22PM (#44616823)
“Should”

Lobbying and regulatory capture have led to a less than free market, that people expect to function as a free market, but the government intervention has been too great.

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