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224 sats \ 5 replies \ @Undisciplined 13h \ on: The Riddle of Luigi Mangione mostly_harmless
My wife's been fascinated by this story. Don't you work in the health care industry, to some extent? How are people reacting internally?
Welcome back, btw. You were missed.
Don't you work in the health care industry, to some extent?
A prior life, to some extent.
How are people reacting internally?
People are horrified to find themselves the enemies for going to their jobs, following the laws and regulations, etc. They recognize the system is fucked, but as long as it's the operating system, what does one do? They go to work. And now people lose no social credit for publicly calling for their execution.
A handful of times I've been privileged to occupy an insider view as I hear the outsider narrative, and every time it's just madness. Bitcoin is one such -- you know what's true, and you know how people who understand nothing talk about it. It makes one uneasy about all narratives of all kinds. Or at least, it makes me uneasy.
Welcome back, btw. You were missed.
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What frustrates me most is that I think many people put the blame in the wrong places. They blame the insurance companies because it's who controls access to the money, but few are looking at the cartel-like behavior of the medical associations and hospitals, or the broken patent system, or the misalignment of incentives caused by a system where the consumers don't foot the bill for their own choices.
Until Americans can look at the healthcare system and its flaws more systematically and holistically, I don't think much progress can be made
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Well said -- all those things, and more, feeding back into each other over and over; and the people themselves, millions of them, directly and indirectly, demanding the dysfunction in various ways: by which assets they own, the markets in which they're embedded, the public discourse that is and isn't allowed, the discourse that can't be had because people can't be bothered to understand, all of it.
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You forgot the state’s little infusions of monopolization and other minor interferences. That the state may have some sort of responsibility for this mess is inconceivable for many people, if not most people.
I certainly miss those doctor’s home visits, black bag and all!
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Agreed, the influence of the state is felt throughout all the issues mentioned above
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