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https://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=231949 https://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=231949 The crux is making it easier for consumers to get health care inf
by alexanderstears 9y ago
https://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=231949 https://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=231949
The crux is making it easier for consumers to get health care information, putting more choices in the hands of the patient, and creating a mechanism to encourage price sensitivity even if people don't pay for their care directly.
failing that, let them rely on charity.
- s73ver_ 9y agoI'm not seeing anything there that would help those who can't afford care. And charity is woefully inadequate, and still doesn't address needing care today.
- alexanderstears 9y agoThen you didn't read it very closely, the article devotes a decent amount of space to how to set up the system that ensures people can get care regardless of their ability to pay. It's within the first two pages, look for the paragraph that starts with this 5. Said charges under (3) and (4) will, when submitted to Treasury
- s73ver_ 9y agoI read it quite closely. It claims that's what it wants to do, but it doesn't actually do things that would accomplish that.
- alexanderstears 9y agoIt lets people access healthcare regardless of their ability to pay for it, how is that contrary to the goal of increasing access to healthcare for the poor?