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I see no value in turning a whole industry into defacto civil servants. Doctors and nurses are people too who need to be able to choose themselves. I don't gi
by bnolsen 10y ago
I see no value in turning a whole industry into defacto civil servants. Doctors and nurses are people too who need to be able to choose themselves. I don't give a rip about insurance. Getting access to health care is what matters. Doctor/patient relationship is what matters. I see no need for government to get involved other than stopping ethical type (illegal) abuses.
- kasey_junk 10y ago> Getting access to health care is what matters And how do you provide access to extremely expensive health care without insurance or government? Risk sharing is the issue and in this case it seems fraught with moral hazards regardless of how it is done.
- tptacek 10y agoIf you don't give a rip about insurance, you should be especially irritated at ACA and the ACA status quo ante, because the insurance companies and hospital chains quietly negotiate the prices for health care services, collude to establish favorable prices for the insurers, and lock individual consumers out of those prices. A fun experiment I've had the pleasure of running: try to get an MRI done outside of your insurance policy --- that is, try to pay the rack rate for an MRI, out of pocket.