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by seadan83 794 days ago
Skipping some quibbles,would you agree that some optimizations for profit would lead to business death?

Eg, businesses that cheat and get caught. Businesses that over consume and can no longer produce.Also, that optimization can have the opposite effect. Eg, optimize revenue by showing max ads, with max ads users start to flee. A hospital could optimize for patientoutcomes, and then do better because the patients stay around.

This overall though assumes that free market principles work in healthcare. Those principles tend to assume consumer choice.