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You don't foresee perverse incentives for the state being the buyer of healthcare? Namely, they aren't the patient, so the incentives have already been divorced
by akramachamarei 6mo ago
You don't foresee perverse incentives for the state being the buyer of healthcare? Namely, they aren't the patient, so the incentives have already been divorced is remote, plus they have an incentive to divert funds to consultants, regulators, and lobbyists that the actual consumer doesn't care about. There's some saying about how no one spends someone else's money as wisely as one's own.
- boxed 6mo agoStates have huge incentives to keep the population healthy though. Sick days aren't a tax base.
- thefz 5mo agoWhat about keeping a healthy population for the sake of keeping a healthy population? Why should everything be intrinsically tied to profit in your minds?
- boxed 5mo agoThe previous posted talked about incentives. I countered using their intellectual framework. This is just normal debate.