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The supply of doctors and nurses (invite from abroad), certification of medical equipment & FDA drug approval (if it's certified in a normal country do a very l

The supply of doctors and nurses (invite from abroad), certification of medical equipment & FDA drug approval (if it's certified in a normal country do a very lightweight approval process). If the patients want it, allow for more risk on his side. For drug prices, the current system is also very, very broken. Remove the PBMs from the drug supply and at least there allow for market forces to work. It's a classical problem of resource allocation that can't be avoided with just good intentions. Medical tourism in countries like Israel & Thailand shows that this can be allocated through market forces.

nobody9999 1y ago
>The supply of doctors and nurses (invite from abroad), certification of medical equipment & FDA drug approval (if it's certified in a normal country do a very lightweight approval process). If the patients want it, allow for more risk on his side. >For drug prices, the current system is also very, very broken. Remove the PBMs from the drug supply and at least there allow for market forces to work. Sadly, the current government seems set on thwarting those suggestions. >It's a classical problem of resource allocation that can't be avoided with just good intentions. Medical tourism in countries like Israel & Thailand shows that this can be allocated through market forces. Where are you seeing anyone even paying lip service to some nebulous idea of "good intentions?" While I agree that market forces can be useful in certain situations (cf. Germany, Japan, and others), but basic health care, emergency services, life-saving care and a raft of other services aren't improved with to a race to the bottom.
ceejayoz 1y ago
> FDA drug approval (if it's certified in a normal country do a very lightweight approval process) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Oldham_Kelsey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Oldham_Kelsey would like a word. (She saved the US from thalidomide's birth defects, despite European and Canadian approvals and a whole lot of industry pressure.)

nobody9999 1y ago

>The supply of doctors and nurses (invite from abroad), certification of medical equipment & FDA drug approval (if it's certified in a normal country do a very lightweight approval process). If the patients want it, allow for more risk on his side. >For drug prices, the current system is also very, very broken. Remove the PBMs from the drug supply and at least there allow for market forces to work. Sadly, the current government seems set on thwarting those suggestions. >It's a classical problem of resource allocation that can't be avoided with just good intentions. Medical tourism in countries like Israel & Thailand shows that this can be allocated through market forces. Where are you seeing anyone even paying lip service to some nebulous idea of "good intentions?" While I agree that market forces can be useful in certain situations (cf. Germany, Japan, and others), but basic health care, emergency services, life-saving care and a raft of other services aren't improved with to a race to the bottom.

ceejayoz 1y ago

> FDA drug approval (if it's certified in a normal country do a very lightweight approval process) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Oldham_Kelsey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Oldham_Kelsey would like a word. (She saved the US from thalidomide's birth defects, despite European and Canadian approvals and a whole lot of industry pressure.)