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Good luck changing people's fear of death in this country. Properly disincentivizing interventions that don't work or aren't cost effective is the only solution
by HDThoreaun 4y ago
Good luck changing people's fear of death in this country. Properly disincentivizing interventions that don't work or aren't cost effective is the only solution.
- s1artibartfast 4y agoI don't think you have to deal with incentives at all. We can simply stop paying for low or negative Roi treatments
- HDThoreaun 4y agoThis is where the death panel rhetoric comes in. As soon as medicare recipients realize their doctor is recommending stuff that some panel has decided they won't pay for politicians are in big, big trouble. "How dare the government claim they know better than my doctor" type of stuff works really well
- toomuchtodo 4y agoYou're not wrong, progress here is going to be governed by the velocity at which younger voters become a larger voting bloc than the elderly. https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/diversity-inclusion/3730922-researchers-say-2022-election-had-second-highest-young-voter-turnout-in-last-30-years/ https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/diversity-inclu... https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/04/03/millennials-approach-baby-boomers-as-largest-generation-in-u-s-electorate/ https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/04/03/millennials... https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/FT_16.05.13_eligibleMillennialVoters.png https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/FT_16... Edit: https://www.populationpyramid.net/united-states-of-america/2023/ https://www.populationpyramid.net/united-states-of-america/2...
- thfuran 4y agoAren't demographics heading in the wrong direction for that?
- toomuchtodo 4y agohttps://www.morningstar.com/news/marketwatch/20230314284/baby-boomers-now-outnumbered-by-millennials-see-a-shift-in-generational-power https://www.morningstar.com/news/marketwatch/20230314284/bab... https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/04/28/millennials-overtake-baby-boomers-as-americas-largest-generation/ https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/04/28/millennials... https://www.brookings.edu/blog/the-avenue/2020/07/30/now-more-than-half-of-americans-are-millennials-or-younger/ https://www.brookings.edu/blog/the-avenue/2020/07/30/now-mor...
- s1artibartfast 4y agoYeah, I agree, but I think a "we dont cover that but you can pay for it" is a suitable answer. In fact, it has to be an option if we ever want cost efficient state coverage.