we should pay doctors, nurses, and other direct care staff well, not because they’re ‘heroes’ but because they are the literal care providers and we want good c

we should pay doctors, nurses, and other direct care staff well, not because they’re ‘heroes’ but because they are the literal care providers and we want good care. hospitals, on the other hand, suffer from the same kinds of capital-driven distortionary economics we see all across the economy. i’d also posit that 90% of the medical insurance industry could go away and it’d not affect care outcomes a single iota. none of the admin overhead of insurance is necessary, except for catastrophic insurance.