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There has been a huge demand for cheaper and more widely available healthcare for a long time.

by kitotik 6y ago

TbobbyZ 6y ago
Cheaper healthcare cannot be achieved because of the amount of regulation that is in the healthcare system.
- karatestomp 6y ago
  The amount? Do all the other OECD states have a smaller "amount" of regulation on their healthcare systems?
  - TbobbyZ 6y ago
    Of course there is not a shared level regulation among all the states. But generally speaking, the healthcare industry is a highly regulated system, which means higher costs.
    - lotsofpulp 6y ago
      It also has something to do with healthcare being an incredibly difficult product to provide requiring extremely smart people to deliver extremely hard to device solutions, which also result in much of the regulation. Obviously, it’s possible there is too much regulation and resources are not allocated properly, but on its face, I would expect something as complicated and risky as operating on people’s brains and chemotherapy and transplants to be expensive.
      - kitotik 6y ago
        You are discounting the millions of people who can not afford to call someone and get a prescription for a zpack. It’s not all brain surgery and organ replacement.
        lotsofpulp 6y ago
        I agree, but calling someone to get a zpack is not a good example as it's been under regulated if anything: https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2016/p0503-unnecessary-prescriptions.html https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2016/p0503-unnecessary-pr... https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/820736 https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/820736 https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/asp/overuse-overprescribing-of-antibiotics https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/asp/overuse-overprescribing-of-an...
        kitotik 6y ago
        Agreed, antibiotics was a terrible example. “Minor, common health issues” is probably a better choice of words.
        TbobbyZ 6y ago
        related: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCtAdgpW_Vs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCtAdgpW_Vs

There has been a huge demand for cheaper and more widely available healthcare for a long time.

TbobbyZ 6y ago

Cheaper healthcare cannot be achieved because of the amount of regulation that is in the healthcare system.

karatestomp 6y ago
The amount? Do all the other OECD states have a smaller "amount" of regulation on their healthcare systems?
- TbobbyZ 6y ago
  Of course there is not a shared level regulation among all the states. But generally speaking, the healthcare industry is a highly regulated system, which means higher costs.
  - lotsofpulp 6y ago
    It also has something to do with healthcare being an incredibly difficult product to provide requiring extremely smart people to deliver extremely hard to device solutions, which also result in much of the regulation. Obviously, it’s possible there is too much regulation and resources are not allocated properly, but on its face, I would expect something as complicated and risky as operating on people’s brains and chemotherapy and transplants to be expensive.
    - kitotik 6y ago
      You are discounting the millions of people who can not afford to call someone and get a prescription for a zpack. It’s not all brain surgery and organ replacement.
      - lotsofpulp 6y ago
        I agree, but calling someone to get a zpack is not a good example as it's been under regulated if anything: https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2016/p0503-unnecessary-prescriptions.html https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2016/p0503-unnecessary-pr... https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/820736 https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/820736 https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/asp/overuse-overprescribing-of-antibiotics https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/asp/overuse-overprescribing-of-an...
        kitotik 6y ago
        Agreed, antibiotics was a terrible example. “Minor, common health issues” is probably a better choice of words.
      - TbobbyZ 6y ago
        related: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCtAdgpW_Vs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCtAdgpW_Vs