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there was a time, in the distant past, where you paid a doctor only as long as you were healthy This sounds implausible, and even if it were true it would not
by kleiba 6y ago
there was a time, in the distant past, where you paid a doctor only as long as you were healthy
This sounds implausible, and even if it were true it would not be very fair: it's usually not the doctor's fault when you've got some medical issue, so why should s/he suffer from that financially?
- Tade0 6y agoAlso it creates a major incentive to disregard diseases. What follows is that a dead patient, while not a source of income, is at the same time not a source of costs. I don't see how such an arrangement could work long-term.
- _0ffh 6y agoRight. I think I remember it used to be normal in some societies to pay the doctor only if he managed to cure you. That sounds much more plausible. Paying for the state transition from sick to okay should work just fine.
- bluGill 6y agoThe problem is if you can't be cured but can be helped. Diabetes is an example of something where with medical care you can live a long life, even though we can't cure you; but without help you are dead quickly.