[glimshe]

Letting somoene die to make more money is violence. But letting a hospital go bankrupt, which will eventually lead to others dying, would be no better.

We still struggle with the life and death decisions related to allocating capital do healthcare. Even single payer systems have this problem.

We can start by looking at what profit margins and administrative expenses are reasonable for health businesses. The free market generally solves these questiins, but it's notoriously deficient when it comes to healthcare.

Then we can find out how to best allocate the remaining money to maximize health outcomes while ensuring that the businesses are sustainable.

[chomskyole]

> The free market generally solves these questiins, but it's notoriously deficient when it comes to healthcare.

Can you please elaborate on this part? I don't see how this could be solved by market forces.

EDIT: Making healthcare for profit, would always put someone's life against someone else's new yacht. Is this how we want to assess these situations?

[glimshe]

It can't, that's why I said it's deficient when it comes to healthcare. Market forces are good at balancing capital allocations in general.

[chomskyole]

Ah ok, misread your comment then