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dsr_ a day ago

$1 trillion more efficient in allocation of resources, freeing up money for consumer spending on everything.

timcobb a day ago | parent | next [-]

They don't care about this stuff

hx8 a day ago | parent [-]

The non-healthcare sectors of the economy do.

timcobb a day ago | parent [-]

I dunno my perspective is they seem to almost entirely place value on profits today.

bean469 a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

As long as that does not translate to good short-term profit, the shareholders won't budge

johndevor a day ago | parent | prev [-]

Are you saying the government is an efficient allocator of resources?

no-name-here a day ago | parent | next [-]

Per the study we are discussing -- as well as the results from every single other developed country I believe? -- more efficient when it comes to healthcare, yes.

johndevor a day ago | parent [-]

If the government is so efficient, why don't we just have them run all our industries?

no-name-here 19 hours ago | parent [-]

Because both studies and real-world results from every other developed country show gov is more efficient at healthcare, is your argument that means gov is more efficient in every field?

GolfPopper a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The government does not have the peverse incentive of putting private profit above all other concerns.

consensus1 a day ago | parent | next [-]

The perverse incentive of the politician / general / bureaucrat to favor their personal interest over the public interest is identical to the perverse incentive of the CEO to favor his personal interest over the same.

I would argue the government case is actually much worse because at least the CEO has the feedback mechanism of revenue because the company <> customer relationship is entirely voluntary on both sides. The public vote is supposed to restrain the government in the same way, but in practice it seems to be much less effective in restraining politicians than the customer is at restraining companies.

johndevor a day ago | parent | prev [-]

The government is just corrupt politicians and lobbyists. You're fighting to give them more money and power.

jkestner a day ago | parent | next [-]

The government is more directly accountable to me. The only way I have to influence what insurance companies do is through the government.

johndevor a day ago | parent [-]

You can switch insurance companies, no?

kentm 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

In many cases, no.

bcrosby95 a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I can if I want to switch jobs too. Probably not a good idea given the current economic conditions. I'd be all for forcing a decoupling of these things, but I don't see that anywhere on the table, and it would probably run afoul of politics anyways.

preg_match 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

No, you can’t.

bean469 a day ago | parent | prev [-]

Sounds like a Ron Swanson quote

grim_io a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

If that wasn't the case, DOGE would have found any waste worth looking at.

It was not for a lack of motivation or a lack of cut-throat pursuit, consequences be damned.

bobson381 a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

it's that it's 1 Trillion less in incentivized middlemen. A la Graeber.

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