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teachrdanyesterday at 10:27 PM2 repliesview on HN

Could you explain how this would help? I'm struggling to understand where you're coming from here, besides perhaps a reflexive libertarian reaction to government.


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Aarononthewebyesterday at 10:32 PM

Massive government subsidies for health care consumption not only eliminate, but disincentivize price discovery. If your biggest consumers of health care (seniors) have access to the best health insurance plan in the world (Medicare), that's going to drive costs up

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silexiayesterday at 10:35 PM

Healthcare was a far smaller percentage of US GDP prior to heavy government regulations and especially limits on the number of new doctors a year.