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Single-payer is the most startup-friendly system available. It moves variable health care costs entirely out of your HR and payroll systems. You can get more e
by dsr_ 9y ago
Single-payer is the most startup-friendly system available.
It moves variable health care costs entirely out of your HR and payroll systems. You can get more experienced employees when they aren't afraid to risk their family's health care on a job move. By reducing risk exposure there, the risk of salary vs equity becomes more attractive.
- maxxxxx 9y agoYou don't even need single payer. Most European countries don't have single payer either. what they have is more rules on pricing.
- ashark 9y agoPrice controls might see more resistance in the US than setting up a government (near) monopsony and letting that reduce prices (single-payer). The idea that price controls can ever, ever be a good idea is heresy to a lot of people here, to the point that they hold it as nigh-axiomatic that they always fail, and (clearly) no amount of real-world examples will convince them to add any nuance to their economic ideas.
- maxxxxx 9y agoI am afraid the US would mess up single payer if that attitude doesn't change.
- jonlucc 9y agoFor most industries, definitely. It may make it much harder for startups in the medical space (if it becomes more difficult to get that single payer to pay them).