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Exactly. Even if you forced doctor compensation down to the level of other countries, that's, what, a 6% overall reduction, at best? Wow, so now when you get a
by SilasX 2y ago
Exactly. Even if you forced doctor compensation down to the level of other countries, that's, what, a 6% overall reduction, at best? Wow, so now when you get a surprise bill for $5000, it'll instead be $4700 instead! Hooray! We did it, Reddit/HN!
Does anyone think American healthcare was thereby fixed? I don't!
Now, FWIW, I'm happy to accept that US doctors are overpaid, and that there are feasible ways to make progress on that front. It's an important conversation to have. But it has virtually nothing to do with what makes US healthcare so brutal and kafkaesque.
- tptacek 2y agoNow do the math on how much you'd save if you zeroed out health insurance costs.
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- inferiorhuman 2y agoDoes that include the artificially bloated cost of care (compared to e.g. Medicare), the costs of Medicare Part D fraud, and the costs of having care denied and delayed (2–3x the claim denial rate of Medicare) or just the premiums? Last time we did this song and dance you doubled down on incorrect assumptions about how Medicare functions. So, no, it's not likely I'll come to the same conclusions as you.
- tptacek 2y agoGo ahead and do it any way you'd like, show your work, and I think you're going to reach the same conclusion about how silly this is.
- SilasX 2y agoYes, it is pretty silly to think American healthcare would no longer be a global laughingstock if surprise bills of $5000 were replaced with surprise bills of $4700.