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| From | rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | sci.electronics.design |
| Subject | Re: Why Have Medical Insurance? |
| Date | 2017-05-12 00:31 -0400 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <of3dl7$8dm$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | (4 earlier) <nb42hcpobvub1skdlsgdigbo3s1ecajn6a@4ax.com> <oheQA.11641$wa2.3037@fx36.am4> <oerse0$g0f$1@dont-email.me> <d5478db1-7886-4972-bcda-b4edd75d8a4c@googlegroups.com> <591531fa$0$42042$c3e8da3$3a1a2348@news.astraweb.com> |
On 5/11/2017 11:54 PM, billbowden wrote: > <dagmargoodboat@yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:d5478db1-7886-4972-bcda-b4edd75d8a4c@googlegroups.com... >> On Tuesday, May 9, 2017 at 3:54:53 AM UTC-4, Don Y wrote: >>> On 5/9/2017 12:33 AM, Tom Gardner wrote: >>>> "The market" is not perfect: it has dangerous >>>> dysfunctional behaviour. >>> >>> It shifts resources to tackle problems that could probably be >>> more effectively tackled with other -- more economical -- solutions >>> because of the misplaced profit motive. >> >> Every supplier has the motivation to charge as much as possible, and >> offer products and services at higher prices. >> >> That tendency is ordinarily counter-acted by consumers not being willing >> to pay a lot more for something without good reason. >> >> Station 'A' may ask twice as much for his gasoline, but good luck getting >> it--most consumers won't pay double for 'A' unless there's some compelling >> advantage over station 'B.' >> >> Not so in the case of healthcare. If insurance is paying, the consumer >> doesn't care about prices, and gladly goes for more expensive options of >> dubious benefit, no matter the cost. >> >>> And, opens the door to questions re: morality being set in >>> economic policy (do you develop treatments to enable bad >>> behaviors -- often at the expense of developing treatments >>> for *other* problems -- just cuz that's where the money lies?) >> >> Cheers, >> James Arthur > > Well, I guess I'm lucky to get VA health care benefits. All I pay is $32 a > month for prescription drugs and the rest is free. The VA system is a good > argument for single payer health care. Is it good though? There seems to be a lot of bad press regarding the VA hospitals being good, effective healthcare centers. Tying this to a single payer approach worries me that it won't be an example people will say is a target to shoot for. I really don't know if the reports are very representative though. -- Rick C
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