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0 pointsfrgtpsswrdlame8y ago0 comments

You know those regulations are there for a reason right? Would you like to go back to the days where people are kicked off insurance for extremely dubious pre-existing conditions?

>If profit-seeking destroyed markets for profit, we would all be starving.

It depends on what you mean by 'destroy markets.' The market is functioning well in the sense that healthcare stocks keep going up. It's functioning poorly in the sense that it's the ill who have to die or go bankrupt to support it.

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conanbatt8y ago

>You know those regulations are there for a reason right?

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

> It depends on what you mean by 'destroy markets.' The market is functioning well in the sense that healthcare stocks keep going up. It's functioning poorly in the sense that it's the ill who have to die or go bankrupt to support it.

The measure of the health of a market is not the profits of the industry in it. A better rule of thumb would be how many people get serviced and at what relative cost. In that sense, the american healthcare market is very unhealthy.

frgtpsswrdlameOP8y ago

>The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Oh come on, this platitude applies to people saying 'less regulation' just as much as it does me.

>The measure of the health of a market is not the profits of the industry in it. A better rule of thumb would be how many people get serviced and at what relative cost. In that sense, the american healthcare market is very unhealthy.

Sure, but in that sense we can look around and see that healthcare markets are generally less healthy when they are (1) more private and (2) less regulated.

conanbatt8y ago

> Oh come on, this platitude applies to people saying 'less regulation' just as much as it does me

I didn't argue that regulations are good because there was a purpose to them nor its opposite. So it doesnt really apply to my stance so far.

> Sure, but in that sense we can look around and see that healthcare markets are generally less healthy when they are (1) more private and (2) less regulated.

I disagree with that statement, and I am sure that you will find examples of private markets that are more efficient than public markets, of the which you only need 1 to disprove the idea that public > private on health.

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0 pointsfrgtpsswrdlame8y ago0 comments

You know those regulations are there for a reason right? Would you like to go back to the days where people are kicked off insurance for extremely dubious pre-existing conditions?

>If profit-seeking destroyed markets for profit, we would all be starving.

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conanbatt8y ago

>You know those regulations are there for a reason right?

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

frgtpsswrdlameOP8y ago

>The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Oh come on, this platitude applies to people saying 'less regulation' just as much as it does me.

Sure, but in that sense we can look around and see that healthcare markets are generally less healthy when they are (1) more private and (2) less regulated.

conanbatt8y ago

> Oh come on, this platitude applies to people saying 'less regulation' just as much as it does me

I didn't argue that regulations are good because there was a purpose to them nor its opposite. So it doesnt really apply to my stance so far.

> Sure, but in that sense we can look around and see that healthcare markets are generally less healthy when they are (1) more private and (2) less regulated.

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