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by HDThoreaun 528 days ago
Incentives matter. If theres no downside to using a service people will use the service more. Single payer removes much of the downside to using medical care so people will look for medical care where they wouldnt before. To solve this single payer systems need ways to stop people from receiving care they dont need, and heuristics are imperfect so that will stop some people who actually do need care too.
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We can use a designed system of allocation instead of defaulting to the class system.