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Yes I trust the doctor, hospital, and manufacturer to provide me with completely unbiased information on what stuff I need for my health. The problem is, the on
by sophacles 16y ago
Yes I trust the doctor, hospital, and manufacturer to provide me with completely unbiased information on what stuff I need for my health. The problem is, the only people who can interpret that information are the same people who directly profit from my choice. They will suggest unnecessary and potentially harmful things. I guess I could go to medical school to really understand things well enough to make a truly informed decision. That would be great for the concept of separation of labor!
Of course I am probably just being paranoid. We should instead head back to the good ol' free market medicine days, when anyone could put anything in a bottle and sell it as a patent cure-all. Back then people lived way longer, and had way better options for medicine.
Please note: I'm not saying the system isn't messed up, I'm saying you solution really isn't much better.
- mike_organon 16y agoYou're presenting a false alternative: socialized medicine or anarchy. What we need is a free market with the government protecting individual rights (including against fraud), along with intelligent consumers. Also, I suggest you should only trust them to some extent. You need to understand the information well enough to make the decisions, like the mother in the story, where at the end, she treated the doctors as expert technicians, but she knew only she was responsible for the decisions of her life. Even if you have an excellent doctor, your life is your own responsibility.