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> The medical industry is squarely in the crosshairs of "most broken and fucked up industry in the country" pretty much constantly. The problem is that you spe

> The medical industry is squarely in the crosshairs of "most broken and fucked up industry in the country" pretty much constantly. The problem is that you speak for others when they hold the opposing view - our medical industry is evidence of the free market working at its best, and providing care for dollars with no hidden or extraneous fees.

d4mi3n 4y ago
I’d love to see a thorough breakdown of what that opposing stance is. How is medicine, a service that is non-negotiable (e.g. you can die without it) in a position to work without problems in a completely free market? I’m any free market, you vote with your wallet, but that’s impossible if you don’t have time to switch providers or if forces outside of the free market dictate price? I’d love for us to just say “let the market sort it out”, but that generally requires presumptions that aren’t universally true for all goods or services.
UncleMeat 4y ago
Where are these people? While the bulk of democrats and republicans disagree on what the route evils of the medical industry actually are, they largely agree that it is broken. The republicans, for example, complain to high heaven that the ACA has eliminated the free market within the medical industry and replaced it with regulation and rot.
- freedomben 4y ago
  I think GP was being sarcastic. Nobody really thinks that. GP you should definitely throw in a /s or something because it's not real clear whether you're serious or not
oblio 4y ago
> The problem is that you speak for others when they hold the opposing view - our medical industry is evidence of the free market working at its best, and providing care for dollars with no hidden or extraneous fees. Who are these unicorns which are not paid by this system? Are they friends with Yeti, Bigfoot, and the mythical hot single living in my area?

d4mi3n 4y ago

I’d love to see a thorough breakdown of what that opposing stance is. How is medicine, a service that is non-negotiable (e.g. you can die without it) in a position to work without problems in a completely free market? I’m any free market, you vote with your wallet, but that’s impossible if you don’t have time to switch providers or if forces outside of the free market dictate price? I’d love for us to just say “let the market sort it out”, but that generally requires presumptions that aren’t universally true for all goods or services.

UncleMeat 4y ago

Where are these people? While the bulk of democrats and republicans disagree on what the route evils of the medical industry actually are, they largely agree that it is broken. The republicans, for example, complain to high heaven that the ACA has eliminated the free market within the medical industry and replaced it with regulation and rot.

freedomben 4y ago
I think GP was being sarcastic. Nobody really thinks that. GP you should definitely throw in a /s or something because it's not real clear whether you're serious or not

oblio 4y ago

> The problem is that you speak for others when they hold the opposing view - our medical industry is evidence of the free market working at its best, and providing care for dollars with no hidden or extraneous fees. Who are these unicorns which are not paid by this system? Are they friends with Yeti, Bigfoot, and the mythical hot single living in my area?