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150 sats \ 3 replies \ @SimpleStacker 11h \ parent \ on: The Riddle of Luigi Mangione mostly_harmless
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
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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