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> You need someone in the system to say that treatment is too expensive, you cant have it.

That'd be triage, and I don't think it's the insurers' business – or even the doctors', unless they're in a field hospital in a war zone.

The article argues that prices are too high, because of monopoly power. Get prices down and triage won't be necessary anymore.

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Prices dont go down by themselves. You need someone to select cheaper options and reject more expensive ones.

If there is nobody to say no to $1 million dollar aspirin, that is how much you pay.

Money is finite, so that means people dont get care. Care is always rationed.

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0 pointssquillion1y ago0 comments

> You need someone in the system to say that treatment is too expensive, you cant have it.

That'd be triage, and I don't think it's the insurers' business – or even the doctors', unless they're in a field hospital in a war zone.

The article argues that prices are too high, because of monopoly power. Get prices down and triage won't be necessary anymore.

Prices dont go down by themselves. You need someone to select cheaper options and reject more expensive ones.

If there is nobody to say no to $1 million dollar aspirin, that is how much you pay.

Money is finite, so that means people dont get care. Care is always rationed.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse