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$1 trillion more efficient in allocation of resources, freeing up money for consumer spending on everything.

• johndevor 2mo ago
  Are you saying the government is an efficient allocator of resources?
  • bobson381 2mo ago
    it's that it's 1 Trillion less in incentivized middlemen. A la Graeber.
  • no-name-here 2mo ago
    Per the study we are discussing -- as well as the results from every single other developed country I believe? -- more efficient when it comes to healthcare, yes.
    • johndevor 2mo ago
      If the government is so efficient, why don't we just have them run all our industries?
      • no-name-here 2mo ago
        Because both studies and real-world results from every other developed country show gov is more efficient at healthcare, is your argument that means gov is more efficient in every field?
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  • GolfPopper 2mo ago
    The government does not have the peverse incentive of putting private profit above all other concerns.
    • johndevor 2mo ago
      The government is just corrupt politicians and lobbyists. You're fighting to give them more money and power.
      • jkestner 2mo ago
        The government is more directly accountable to me. The only way I have to influence what insurance companies do is through the government.
        • johndevor 2mo ago
          You can switch insurance companies, no?
          • bcrosby95 2mo ago
            I can if I want to switch jobs too. Probably not a good idea given the current economic conditions. I'd be all for forcing a decoupling of these things, but I don't see that anywhere on the table, and it would probably run afoul of politics anyways.
          • preg_match 1mo ago
            No, you can’t.
          • kentm 1mo ago
            In many cases, no.
      • bean469 2mo ago
        Sounds like a Ron Swanson quote
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  • grim_io 2mo ago
    If that wasn't the case, DOGE would have found any waste worth looking at. It was not for a lack of motivation or a lack of cut-throat pursuit, consequences be damned.
• timcobb 2mo ago
  They don't care about this stuff
  • hx8 2mo ago
    The non-healthcare sectors of the economy do.
    • timcobb 2mo ago
      I dunno my perspective is they seem to almost entirely place value on profits today.
• bean469 2mo ago
  As long as that does not translate to good short-term profit, the shareholders won't budge