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Proof?

• WalterBright 4y ago
  The American health care system before the 1960s. And also: "How American Health Care Killed My Father" https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2009/09/how-american-health-care-killed-my-father/307617/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2009/09/how-ame... compares the free market section of the health care system with the rest of it.
  • selfhoster11 4y ago
    OK, but... the 1960s were literally 60 years ago. The world looks very different, and so does healthcare. Is it really comparable?
    • WalterBright 4y ago
      Is economics different from the 1960s?
      • selfhoster11 4y ago
        I was alluding to the progress in medical tech, and the corresponding rise in the cost of specialised medical equipment. While we developed fancy tools like accurate MRI machines that let us treat patients better, they also cost more to buy. My intuition tells me that in the 1960s, treating people was cheaper because we just didn't have any machinery to spend more money on.
        • WalterBright 4y ago
          Read the article, where Lasik surgery got cheaper and cheaper while MRIs got more and more expensive.