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Politics : The Trump Presidency
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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (22028)6/19/2017 12:17:02 PM
From: i-node  Read Replies (1) of 361423
 
>>The need for basic care is there, whether or not the patient is able to pay the cost. I would say "demand" only applies to elective cosmetic procedures, whether boob jobs or botox.

It is all demand. If the doctor tells me to get an MRI, or I get carried into the ER on a stretcher, or I get a physical -- it is all economic demand.

>> How do we fix the cost? The first profit center I'd go after is the health insurance industry, by going to single payer.

Right. And you'd be starting entirely in the wrong place because you'd be massively increasing costs, not decreasing costs.
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