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I read a few of the links you posted. To support a claim that "giving people money does not improve health", you cited an RCT examining Swedish lottery winners
by facetube 10y ago
I read a few of the links you posted. To support a claim that "giving people money does not improve health", you cited an RCT examining Swedish lottery winners who were already covered by a UHC program. People who already have high-quality health care don't spend their lottery winnings on more health care, and winning the lottery doesn't cause significant damage to health. Great. This says nothing about the US population in question, and absolutely does not prove your original claim.
- yummyfajitas 10y agoIn the US we had a lottery that directly gave out healthcare. That also had no effect on health. The Sweden result shows that money has little/no effect via non-healthcare purchase mechanisms, while Oregon shows healthcare directly has little/no effect. What, exactly, is the mechanism you propose?