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Feels like a bad idea to me. Why not just tax the hell out of the private treatment to make sure the public treatments stay funded? I guess the concern is sim
by habosa 8y ago
Feels like a bad idea to me. Why not just tax the hell out of the private treatment to make sure the public treatments stay funded?
I guess the concern is similar to the public vs private school situation, where some areas have bad public schools because everyone with any money chooses a private school and has no incentive to fund the public system.
Still I find the idea of government-only medicine to be scary. In the past we've had politicians who have decided that things like abortion, stem-cell therapy, and medical marijuana were all moral evils. I am glad people had private options to get those things.
- pjc50 8y agoThis is not proposing abolishing the private option. It is just establishing a distinction between private and public providers, so you don't constantly get pestered for topup fees.
- drewrv 8y agoUsing the school analogy, imagine if schools had a private component and a public component. All kids got an education there, but there would be an incentive to charge more for a better education. And an incentive to blur the lines between what's a required fee and what is nickel and diming the parent.