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A free alternative can only drag the prices down of the privatized sector. I wonder if they will go down kicking and screaming, and that this freer alternative
by tetris11 4y ago
A free alternative can only drag the prices down of the privatized sector. I wonder if they will go down kicking and screaming, and that this freer alternative will be allowed to thrive.
- maxerickson 4y agoIt's not a free hospital, it's a public hospital that treats people regardless of their ability to pay while still charging people that can pay.
- quickthrower2 4y agoThe same model as silicon valley!
- maxwell 4y agoZuck got the idea from some "books on finance and banking" he read in 2012: "The whole banking industry is based on charging people different rates." https://theguardian.com/technology/2018/dec/05/facebook-emails-analysis-user-data-parliament https://theguardian.com/technology/2018/dec/05/facebook-emai...
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- lostlogin 4y agoNo, a pure SV healthcare model would sell your healthcare records to advertisers.
- quickthrower2 4y agoThey would do an end run on HIPAA by serving it up to a machine learning model then sell access to the model.
- p0pcult 4y agoNo, the SV model would be to treat you for free until you have some chronic condition that locks you in, at which point, they pull the "free" rug, and take you for every spare penny (and sometimes more).
- chii 4y agoThis is the worst of both worlds - those who could pay would just go to a private hospital (and pay for the best they can get). This just leaves those who can't pay at the public hospital, incurring the cost and the burden onto the few existing payers.