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I have a hypothesis about health care, which is that the public health care systems are more efficient, simply because it's possible to find out where the money
by analog31 5y ago
I have a hypothesis about health care, which is that the public health care systems are more efficient, simply because it's possible to find out where the money goes if it's all coming out of one checkbook. Our system is designed to hide the ultimate beneficiaries.
- quickthrower2 5y agoAlso imagine the negotiating power the NHS has to buy drugs and treatments and machinery vs. a single hospital.
- analog31 5y agoIndeed, and the "single hospital" is actually multiple business entities that are all billing one another for service and trying to maximize the return on their own capital investment.