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Doctors can tell you which patients will be back, the problem is they can't, because if they do, that will be discrimination which would be grounds for burning
by maeon3 16y ago
Doctors can tell you which patients will be back, the problem is they can't, because if they do, that will be discrimination which would be grounds for burning the doctor at the stake. The software which does exactly the same thing, however, can't be burned at the stake for discrimination because in the event where the guilty party cries fowl, you simply print out the math. It's genius.
You 1% (repeat sickly offenders) causing 30% of the medical care costs better get ready to pay your increased share to acquire that care. If it can be determined that one human would likely need 10 million dollars of medical care (on account of heavily defective dna) and another human will likely need only 200 thousand (flawless dna), the one who is likely to need more should be paying more.
- JoachimSchipper 16y agoWait, should? I didn't pick my parents... (I happen to be perfectly fine, but that's at least part good luck.)
- tel 16y agoUnfortunately, despite popular myth, not every consequence applied to a person is a result of their choices and actions. The American Dream might be equality of people, but the harsh reality is that there's actually quite a lot of variance. So we get to answer the really interesting question of exactly how much do we, as a country, want to spend to support a dream against reality?
- Confusion 16y agorepeat sickly offenders Wow, you have to be one of those extremists that buys everything Ayn Rand wrote without blinking an eye. Fortunately, most of us don't mind paying health insurance, fully expecting they will never need it, but still acknowledging that others that need it should receive the care they need.
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