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> Instead of hand wringing about differences between ourselves and other cultures we would be better served looking at boring things like medicares 3 million pa
by fzeroracer 3y ago
> Instead of hand wringing about differences between ourselves and other cultures we would be better served looking at boring things like medicares 3 million pages of medical claim guidelines, clearing house operations and conflicts of interest, better incentives for state level responsibility, antitrust litigation, lots of practical things that don't make click bait headlines.
This is literally what we've been doing for years. It doesn't work because we're trying to apply bandaids to a problem of fundamental rot within our healthcare system. Look at how many states and politicians blew up over the ACA and attempted to stonewall it. I'm old enough to remember my mother being denied healthcare by her insurance provider because she had a stroke and that counted as a preexisting condition. Our solution to this rot is trying to solve a problem after it occurs, rather than prevent it in the first place.