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I think in healthcare, there is a problem with profit as a motivation, at least insofar as the ability to receive care. I think healthcare professionals should
by Spoom 9y ago
I think in healthcare, there is a problem with profit as a motivation, at least insofar as the ability to receive care. I think healthcare professionals should be paid, and paid well. But a for-profit company (or whether or not one can pay the premiums or deductible of any insurance company) should not be a gatekeeper to whether or not one can receive care at all. Inevitably, someone will be left out in the cold, or will end up paying inordinate amounts to receive care due to bureaucracy (or malice), as has been experienced by people elsewhere in this thread.
This is why I believe single payer healthcare is generally the best solution.
However, in the current situation, I think this idea to create a healthcare company dedicated to serving their employees, "free from profit-making incentives and constraints," is a great idea, one which I hope others will attempt if it ends up a success.
- nojvek 9y agoSingle payer healthcare is the best soln. Agreed, However I can’t see it working more than a presidential term. America is too politically unstable. What i’d love to see is a commercial business having vertical integration. Insanely cheap basics like X-rays, mris, and other checks. Heavy use of AI based diagnosis confirmed by doctors, and a big insurance pool where profits go back into scaling healthcare. Basically current American healthcare is not scalable. Period.
- pc86 9y agoWho is going to develop AI-based diagnosis platforms if there's no profit to be made?
- hidenotslide 9y agoSingle payer does not mean non-profit, providers would still be for profit.
- collyw 9y agoWho is going to sequence the human genome unless its for profit?
- s2g 9y agoWhy wouldn't you make a profit? You sell that technology to hospitals and such the world over. You just might not have the option of telling someone it's 10 grand (with ridiculous profit margins) to get an earlier diagnosis and a chance at actually living.
- kelnos 9y ago> Single payer healthcare is the best soln. Agreed, However I can’t see it working more than a presidential term. America is too politically unstable. I'm not too sure about that. It's taken an entire year for the GOP to start to actually succeed at chipping away at the ACA, and they have legislative and executive control. If we could get sweeping reform in a more favorable political climate, something not plagued with the implementation issues the ACA has labored under, it might stand a chance. The next administration might find it politically untenable to take it away if it actually works well.