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 @aral There are immigrant doctors who would gladly work for cheaper. But because of absurd regulations and immigration rules, they are working in food delivery. Not to get all libertarian but I'm not sure this has much if anything to do with capitalism. High medical costs are largely a result of our immigration and border systems. 13 comments
@KFuentesGeorge @aral It would be silly to talk about "regulation" as if it were one thing. As I said, one issue in the US (among others!) is that we block immigrant doctors from working. Combined with the high price/low availability of med school in the US, and you get artificial scarcity of doctors. But to answer your question, the biggest problem in the US is that insurance is private and contingent. We have millions of professionals earning well to feud over who should pay for what. Bad.  @stevenbodzin @KFuentesGeorge @aral @duckwhistle @stevenbodzin @KFuentesGeorge @aral In a capitalist system, everything is because of capitalism. @BigBadDog @stevenbodzin @KFuentesGeorge @aral @duckwhistle @KFuentesGeorge @aral Obviously it's all connected. I was arguing that this specific example might have more to do with borders than with capitalism. @stevenbodzin @KFuentesGeorge @aral @duckwhistle @KFuentesGeorge @aral Yes! And the US was closer to that goal in the 19th c. (Serious education was already expensive, but there were all sorts of other healthcare providers.) But doctors limited supply in many ways, starting with the creation of the American Medical Association in the mid-19th century specifically to eliminate midwifery and abortion, for overtly racist and sexist reasons. Racism, sexism and guild monopolies all predate capitalism by millennia. @stevenbodzin @aral Yes, the Salvadorean guy out front is why thereโs a maze of HMOs, PPOs, managed care providers, and prescription management companies leeching all the money out of the health care system. Sure thing. Do you also model a horse as a sphere? @lkngrrr @aral when people ask "why do you have a policy against arguing with people who don't use their real names" i will show them this post please try to understand what i am trying to express, rather than reading as ungenerously as possible and then making me into a monster. i am arguing against borders, not arguing for the US health care system. @lkngrrr also, someone who brags about driving too fast has no place lecturing anyone about health care costs, many of which are the result of our car-dominated country @stevenbodzin @aral If you wish to be understood plainly, you should write plainly. But whatโs important here is that youโve found some way to be condescending about user handles on a free social media platform. Well done, 1997 salutes you, great warrior! |
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If deregulation lowered prices, why is the privatized healthcare system of the US more expensive than the public healthcare system in Canada, Europe, Japan, and Australia?