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by refurb 3mo ago
> The increase in healthcare costs is more a function of an aging population, rather than people (mis)using ambulances too much. Sure, but increasing healthcare costs are due to a number of factors like new technology adoption, not just
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by refurb 3mo ago
> I am not obligated to make your argument for you Are you just uncomfortable with debate? How do you debate the merits of the argument without defining the terms being used?
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by refurb 3mo ago
Nope. I've not only lived in both countries, I work in healthcare so I'm very close to who gets access to what. And it's not "the tiniest sliver of people", we're talking about disease like cancer. Check out
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by refurb 3mo ago
US care is highly aligned with international guidelines. Saying "it's junk volume" just tells me you're not that close to the data. Life expectancy doesn't measure quality of healthcare, there are far too many conf
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by refurb 3mo ago
What do you consider financial ruin? Last time I checked most of those countries are desperately trying to contain their healthcare spending.
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by refurb 3mo ago
Name me a large corporation who "trusts" their employees. I'd pretty much be forced into unemployment if trust was a requirement.
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by refurb 3mo ago
We're not talking about fiber, we are talking about cellphone coverage. As I said, no company will put a tower up in a remote area.
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by refurb 3mo ago
It has nothing to do with competition. You could have as many competitors as possible and no one is going to put a cell tower up in a remote location.
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by refurb 3mo ago
I did the same. Nothing nefarious on my work laptop, but I used it for websurfing (avoiding questionable sites), booking trips, etc. Then I realized how stupid that was even though my employer was fine with and was never strict with how a
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by refurb 3mo ago
You’re ignoring the fact that provinces can’t fund technology that the federal government hasn’t reviewed and negotiated a price for. So yes there may be differences between provinces in terms of when they fund what restrictions are put on
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by refurb 3mo ago
Strawman. Ask any ER about “frequent flyers” who use ambulances as taxis
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by refurb 3mo ago
Even the Soviets had a label for people who are a drain on society. You can’t run a country pretending everyone makes good choices.
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by refurb 3mo ago
He’s a comedian that some people take too seriously. You’re not supposed to shape your political views from entertainment.
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by refurb 3mo ago
The Democratic Party spans from slightly right to ragging left that even European leftists look at with confusion.
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by refurb 3mo ago
Canadians don’t get the same care as Americans. McKinsey did a nice analysis of what is driving US healthcare costs. It compares category spending to OECD then compared price and volume. Turns out the US pays a bit more for drugs (relative
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by refurb 3mo ago
Canada doesn’t pay for ambulances unless it’s truly an emergency. Think you’re having a heart attack but you’re not? Time to pony up hundreds of dollars
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by refurb 3mo ago
This is an important point that many people miss. Describing a benefit (or cost) over a population doesn’t directly translate to decision making at the individual level. We can say that you should alway take a bet that has an 80% probabilit
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by refurb 3mo ago
Of course it cheapens it. Using your example, if some ethnic group changed how they dressed it would be genocide. That cheapens the word. Change in dress is not as severe an outcome as buried in a ditch with a bullet in your head.
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by refurb 3mo ago
That says more about the people you were with than America. I see plenty of 11 year olds in the US without any parental supervision while in public. I mean kids get jobs at 12?
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by refurb 3mo ago
So genocide ranges from “murder” to “discrimination, maybe”? The only thing this does is cheapen the word. In the past genocide was something serious. But now it includes activities that are simply upsetting.
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by refurb 3mo ago
So the “-cide” root of the word which means “kill” no longer means that?
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by refurb 3mo ago
I’ve lived in 2 out of 3 of those countries and I can assure you people get away with fraud and corruption all the time. If you’re well connected (or making the right people rich) they are happy to overlook it. But if you bite off too much
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by refurb 3mo ago
While AI may seem like it’s sucking up all investment, the retail trade industry was 2x the entire IT industry investment according to the BEA
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by refurb 3mo ago
I wouldn’t call issuance of new stock rare, it’s a major funding mechanism. Not to mention a company with thin margins is going to have a hell of a time raising money through debt.
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by refurb 3mo ago
Absolutely, and plenty of companies have made that mistake. But the point is locking up money in a 3% margin business doesn’t impress investors. So you either need to improve the margin with lower costs or higher price (or both). Or bail f
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by refurb 3mo ago
Many reasons: - Investors bail - You run out of cash
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by refurb 3mo ago
Making a thin 3% profit that can go negative when the wind blows
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by refurb 3mo ago
Precisely. The people in power would love nothing more than to stop “disinformation” (facts that cause social unrest).
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by refurb 3mo ago
I think you missed the point. Claiming legitimate voter unhappiness with some sort of conspiracy of foreign actors, is Politics 101. It's massive spin. They have citizens rioting on their streets and yet somehow claim it's nefar
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by refurb 4mo ago
For drugs administered in office, doctors can markup the cost and insurance pays it. Even Medicare pays 4.3% extra. For oncologists, it’s most of the revenue for their office since consults pay very little. The money made on administering $

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