Oddbean new post about login | logout Such great insights but then that bit about health care being a human right. Aside from the implication that health care labor should be "free," the whole thing is built on a terrible model for medicine which incentivizes the use of interventions at the expense of actual health. But otherwise this is a nice surprise. It's amazing to watch so many on the left not recognize how dysfunctional and elitist the Dem party has become. Good for Bernie.
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And I you! Love your posts. Plus you once quoted Ivan Illich 🤩
hard not to. “Neither revolution nor reformation can ultimately change a society, rather you must tell a new powerful tale, one so persuasive that it sweeps away the old myths and becomes the preferred story, one so inclusive that it gathers all the bits of our past and our present into a coherent whole, one that even shines some light into the future so that we can take the next step… If you want to change a society, then you have to tell an alternative story.”
Possibly because they get some sort of kickback or meal ticket from their fluffing.
Yea its ridiculous. Double billing, inflated prices, supersize profits. PBMs explained here... https://youtu.be/vT0NNXYjQ_Y
Everyone in America currently has a right to healthcare (shouldn't be denied for discriminatory reasons). No one has the right to slave labor. (also why income taxes are immoral) America's healthcare industry is an enormous rat's nest. I don't think single-payer is the best answer. I'm not sure what is, but right now I do know insurance companies have WAY too much say in dictating care. Shifting all that to the federal government doesn't seem like the best solution.
Healthcare as a human right doesn’t mean enslavement of doctors. It means that no one should be deprived of basic care if they can’t afford it. The problem of course is that someone has to pay for it. If preventative care is accessible, people get less sick and don’t need to go to the emergency room for basic medical needs, which goes unpaid and drives up hospital costs for everyone else. So we either agree as a country to spread the risk around with a giant insurance pool, like we already do with Medicare, or we spread the cost of emergency care around, which is the more expensive and less efficient option.