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The amount? Do all the other OECD states have a smaller "amount" of regulation on their healthcare systems?
by karatestomp 7y ago
The amount? Do all the other OECD states have a smaller "amount" of regulation on their healthcare systems?
- TbobbyZ 7y agoOf 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 7y agoIt 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 7y agoYou 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 7y agoI 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 7y agoAgreed, antibiotics was a terrible example. “Minor, common health issues” is probably a better choice of words.
- TbobbyZ 7y agorelated: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCtAdgpW_Vs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCtAdgpW_Vs