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You need to take into account how much it costs to you save a life through other means. If the marginal cost of saving a life with healthcare improvements were
by conanbatt 9y ago
You need to take into account how much it costs to you save a life through other means. If the marginal cost of saving a life with healthcare improvements were 100 million, it would be much better to put that money into other things.
- TeMPOraL 9y agoI agree. I'm not advocating for unlimited healthcare funding - just against expecting healthcare to fund itself.
- ianai 9y agoThe “formula” could be as simple as 10x annual salary for life threatening illness. That wouldn’t rupture the treasury and still provide means for people.
- wetpaws 9y agoScience and technological progress is not a zero-sum game.
- TeMPOraL 9y agoThe budget is, though. And healthcare is not the only thing that saves lives. If you care about saving lives, you want to allocate budget in the most cost-effective way, which means putting money where a marginal life saved costs the least.