The Stagnant Working Class

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Snoopy said:

the-pi-guy said:

PragerU....  

Firstly, the video still doesn't explain anything about Lasik.  It's basically just repeating exactly what you said earlier that "Government intervention decline led to a decline in cost."  Does not giving any examples of how some random government intervention with Lasik declined.  

Regardless of that, again, Lasik doesn't work the way the rest of healthcare works for a very important reason that has absolutely nothing to do with anything with government.  With eye surgery, you have the option to shop around.  With healthcare, you usually don't.  

You might think that the video is extremely logical, but just because something sounds logical doesn't mean that's how it works in practice.  

There are dozens of countries that are evidence that government can do a good job with healthcare, and the evidence against it is Lasik which is elective...  

What you're saying would lead to only one company being able to do their job.  That's the opposite of competition.  

The way competition works on the corporate side is that different companies are able to make a product.  They make money, they build up expertise.  They come up with better and/or cheaper ways to do things.  

If only one company is allowed to do their job, other companies have no incentive to build up expertise. 

That's literally what they do right now.

A big reason why healthcare costs more in the US is because hospitals have huge administration costs.  They have to have massive numbers of people to work with different insurance companies, handle billing, etc.  

Most of those strict requirements are important.  They prevent abuses, and otherwise keep quality high.

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Sure.  A lot become mothers, and aren't able to do a job and schooling, they should definitely be punished for that.  

It's also unthinkable that someone could lose a good paying job, and getting stuck with hardly anything to take of their family.  

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>there is a reason why there is a huge chunk of people not included in the employment rate because

And how many people could otherwise work, but are preferring to take welfare? 

>over time they realize they haven't achieved anything and sometimes resort to criminal activities to make more money which lands them in jail

So you think people get disappointed they aren't doing anything with their lives, that they decide to turn to crime?  How does that make any sense?

Here is more proof regarding the LASIK eye surgery.

https://www.lp.org/epipen-lasik-reveal-healthcare/

The government showed they do a terrible job with health care because even it is free, they have to pay for it another way. No such thing as a free lunch. Here is another video showing government control health care results in Canada.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2jijuj1ysw

Apparently, you didn't see the part about companies bidding. Multiple companies fighting for your hard-earned money. Not to mention the next year they can change the company that handles the service if the state isn't happy with the cost or service in my example.

And again, the reason why hospitals cost more is that the government has way too many regulations in place that even a lot of doctors spoke out against in the past. These regulations also limit the supply of medical professionals to take care of us. Not to mention limits the drugs and medical devices we can use.

My mom was able to work even though she had three kids while my dad worked out of state. Also, if the best you can do is a minimum wage job, perhaps you shouldn't be a father or mother until you get some kind of education/skill first so you can support your kids. So yeah, it is their fault if that's the scenario. If you lose your job but have the skills and experience you should be able to land on your feet. Earning minimum wage is okay if temporarily, but if that is all you earn for a huge chunk of your life, then you are doing something obviously wrong. Unless you are treating it as side money or something of that sort.

An opinion piece restating what you already said is not proof that lasik surgery's decreased cost is due to less government intervention. The comparison of lasik and an epipen is ridiculous because you can die without an epipen while needing glasses does not kill you. Without taking out this confounding factor there's a much simpler explanation for why Lasik is less costly compared to all these other medical procedures people need to live. Very few people are arguing that competition and market forces aren't appropriate to decrease costs for most things, just not things that people will literally pay any amount of money for because it will save their life.