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You're right it's not being siphoned off into some void, it's being redistributed from some groups of people to other groups. If healthcare was delivered effici
by mifreewil 9y ago
You're right it's not being siphoned off into some void, it's being redistributed from some groups of people to other groups. If healthcare was delivered efficiently so that it was affordable and kept people healthy then that would be ok.
There are so many inefficiencies with monopolistic practices such as inability to import drugs from outside US, healthcare networks, and on and on.
- larrysalibra 9y agoMonopolistic practices == industry protected from competition by government violence. If the health industry wasn't, you'd have people making a killing importing 2 dollar generic antibiotics from overseas to compete with the 70 dollar generic antibiotics sold at CVS.
- lostboys67 9y agoAnd then the scandals when it turns out these generics are fakes as happened in Africa with faked AIDS drugs or drugs with a nugatory amount of active ingredients
- tw04 9y agoYou'd also have people performance plastic surgery in their shed killing people. There's obviously middle ground somewhere, it's just we as a country lately have a REALLY hard time accepting the fact that compromise isn't a four letter word. At least some of us...
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