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So not only shouldn’t healthcare be a market good (moral argument), but healthcare profiteers are actively distorting the market and are not taking seriously ef
by avidphantasm 4y ago
So not only shouldn’t healthcare be a market good (moral argument), but healthcare profiteers are actively distorting the market and are not taking seriously efforts to provide a modicum of information to participants in this so-called market.
- polygamous_bat 4y agoCan't really be a market with such obscure pricing and inelastic demand.
- brewdad 4y agoEven given inelastic demand, a market with open, easily available pricing would be freer and fairer than what we have today.
- klabb3 4y agoIt’s one of the most complicated and regulated markets on earth. Yet both the critics and supporters think it’s a free market. Would a free market be better? Probably overall, but the bar is very, very low. Instead of running another decades-long experiment, perhaps just use a model proven to work? There are many to choose from.