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that is until you can't have a hospital bed due to those idiots.
by igleria 3mo ago
that is until you can't have a hospital bed due to those idiots.
- account42 3mo agoThat has more to do with hospitals hyper-optimizing for profit. And a regular demand actually improves the situation here.
- _heimdall 3mo agoIs that the line for regulations you're okay with holding on to? If so you better start regulating how many beds each hospital has as well, if bed demand is the bar you must control bed supply.
- master-lincoln 3mo agoof course in Germany hospital bed supplies are regulated by the local states via LKHG law
- rbanffy 3mo agoAs is any rationally run state.
- _heimdall 3mo agoIs your point that the only rational model includes the government having fill control over healthcare and the medical industry?
- rbanffy 3mo agoYes. I am. Government is democratically elected by the people, therefore, they are the ones that can make decisions for the people.
- _heimdall 3mo agoWhy healthcare specifically, and where so you draw the line? Are you okay with democratically elected officials making any decision for the people as they see fit?
- rbanffy 3mo agoDon’t they do that when they make laws?
- _heimdall 3mo agoWell that's effectively my point? Are you okay with elected officials having the power to write whatever law they wish simply because they were democratically elected? Surely there must be a line and you aren't granted the elected body control to do literally whatever they want.
- master-lincoln 3mo agothe line is the constitution
- _heimdall 3mo agoWe were talking about the US here though. Its very different when the government already effectively controls healthcare as a whole, of course they would control or have a large say in hospital bed numbers, for example. For better or worse the US healthcare system is largely private. If the government isn't running the hospitals or directly paying for all care they shouldn't be stipulating quotas for access to various kinds of care.
- dessimus 3mo agoWe couldn't get people to wear masks to reduce the spread and help keep beds open for all the other typical needs, why would they let harm from fireworks impede them?