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So, they're complicated, they're expensive, they're necessary... why don't we have the state pay for them? We spend 720 Billion dollars on the military. Would i
by throwaway892238 4y ago
So, they're complicated, they're expensive, they're necessary... why don't we have the state pay for them? We spend 720 Billion dollars on the military. Would it be useful to send a couple of those billion to make ICUs less expensive?
- NegativeLatency 4y agoYes it would, but in the US we have a for profit medical system so this is a natural result of that.
- xyzzyz 4y agoWhere do you think state money comes from? Even if it’s the government that foots the bill for ICUs, in the end it will still be paid collectively by all of us regular people.
- ThePadawan 4y agoWell good thing regular people don't ever need to use ICUs.
- MichaelZuo 4y agoDid you reply to the wrong comment?
- ThePadawan 4y agoNo. In case it was unclear, I was being sarcastic in my reply and pointing out the hypocrisy of being offended that "regular people" would have to foot the bill for ICUs - as if they weren't the ones relying on their existence.
- xyzzyz 4y agoI am not offended that regular people would foot the bill for ICUs if state decides to pay for those. My point is that I do not see why it would be an improvement in any way over the status quo. It will not make them cheaper or more available, most likely quite the opposite.
- relaxing 4y agoWhere do you think the for-profit money goes? (HINT: it’s in the name.)
- xyzzyz 4y agoMost hospitals in the US actually are non-profits, but that’s really beside the point. Just because something is for profit or non profit does not allow you to immediately conclude anything about its cost. For example, the government in my city built a 3 stall public restroom at a cost of $638,000. At this price, if I wanted to have a restroom built on my behalf, I’d rather hire a for-profit contractor to do it instead of the putatively non profit state.