Mr Khan said:
Kasz216 said:
One issue is... while some hopstials make money. (Mostly the Universary attached Hospitals)
Most actually lose money. Healthcare costs are a really complicated pain in the ass to sort out, and i could go through everything again, but honestly... noone cares. It never leads to any discussion.
Short answer though? Insurance, Doctors and Hospitals aren't the probelm... and hardly make any money in regards to the overll price... Really it's more the high cost and length of Medical School, medicine patents (Pharmesuticals espeically) and a rush for everything to be cutting edge forcing hospitals to get the best equipment everywhere because patients won't go "discount" when their lives or health are at stake and government isn't forcing all hosptials to NOT upgrade like most countries do. (Waiting until a few changse down the line, when the cost to benefit ratio makes more sense for the government balance sheet.)
The best thing we could do for medical costs? Dial back IP laws a bit.
Something NOONE in Washington wants to do.
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And yet something i think there could be a lot of grassroots willpower for: cheaper drugs, cheaper seeds for farmers, less internet piracy buffoonery.
It all comes back to intellectual property...
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When almost all economic growth in developed countries comes from the creation, managment and manipulation of information, cutting back on legal protections for information property rights is a hard sell.
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