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The story goes that in China, doctors used to be paid for keeping you healthy. When you got sick, they didn't get any money anymore. This sounds to me like a sy
by gpvos 9y ago
The story goes that in China, doctors used to be paid for keeping you healthy. When you got sick, they didn't get any money anymore. This sounds to me like a system with the proper incentives.
- polskibus 9y agoBy that logic, developer should not be paid if there is a bug in the systems. Besides formal methods that is always the case.
- nabla9 9y agoWith subscription model bugs don't generate income.
- algo646464 9y agoIsn't this just like paying insurance premiums ? Whenever you are sick, the doctor / insurance company loses money curing you.
- gpvos 9y agoIt's similar, but it wouldn't be profitable anymore for doctors to prescribe more medicines or other treatments. Probably the doctors would need to take out insurance instead of the patients.
- cousin_it 9y agoHealthy people are less willing to pay :-(
- lotsofpulp 9y agoThat sounds like the stupidest idea, unless doctors are given the right and ability to control your activities and diet, and who you breed with or are bred from to avoid genetic defects.
- rectang 9y agoCute, but problematic when you need palliative care for a chronic condition.
- gpvos 9y agoYes, once you got a really terminal disease the doctor would probably drop you like a brick. But you could fix that by having a contract from the beginning that says they are still obligated to treat you. Either that, or a separate solution would be needed.
- Thriptic 9y agoReally? Because then I would just take on young healthy patients and refuse to take on sick ones.
- d0lph 9y agoSo you would need to restrict Drs ability to turn people away.
- frockington 9y agoI would just lie and say all of my patients were healthy. This may be even more flawed
- bilkoo 9y agoSounds like doctor-as-insurer, financially speaking.