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by SuoDuanDao 2323 days ago
This would be in the US I presume? Proponents of single payer focus a lot on the issues with insurance taking profits, but I think the real problem with capitalist medicine is that the skills needed for selling medical procedures and helping patients heal are not really compatible. Doctors being forced to sell their own services creates a perverse incentive towards the most expensive procedures, which unfortunately are often also the most risky.
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That person is likely not in the US. We put the $ before the digits.