3 ms·
I get that there's benefit to a centralized health database if you're in a country with socialized medicine, but if dealing with private doctors, why not let th
by TheBeardKing 8y ago
I get that there's benefit to a centralized health database if you're in a country with socialized medicine, but if dealing with private doctors, why not let the market provide this capability? My primary GP uses one version [1], and I get that there would be several competing others until some convergence happens. But at least with these private providers, if one fails or falls out of trust, patients and doctors can move to another - your data isn't permanently locked with an untrustworthy government.
[1] https://healow.com/ https://healow.com/
- RichEO 8y agoYou haven’t established that the government is less trustworthy than the private providers?
- TheBeardKing 8y agoI meant that as a hypothetical, as in if the government proves itself untrustworthy (or technically incompetent, as is the case of Australia judging by these comments), you can't legally switch to a new system, whereas you could if it were private.