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> a willingness to spend inordinate amounts of money for minimal gain or even negative gain simply to do something This sounds like a cultural factor as well.
by w1ntermute 14y ago
> a willingness to spend inordinate amounts of money for minimal gain or even negative gain simply to do something
This sounds like a cultural factor as well.
- Retric 14y agoIt's somewhat cultural, but vary common. The problem is it breaks some of the basic assumptions of heath insurance. Japan can drive down costs and add some basic rationing and get a high quality healthcare system, but because the US has so many separate entities involved none of which want to say no to the patent you get a highly expensive and dysfunctional system that also denies basic healthcare.