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by alphawhisky 56 days ago
"Technology adoption will be a huge part of managing the cost curve"

Just tell people they're getting robot nurses before single payer healthcare.

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The problem we have now is that there is no accountability in spending. Insurance companies over-charge for everything.

Single-payer just exchanges the insurance companies, for the government. There's still no accountability on cost and there's the added bonus of turning you down for life-saving care, if they feel you don't need it (there are many examples of this in the UK).

> there's the added bonus of turning you down for life-saving care

Can insurance companies not already do this?