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ceejayoztoday at 12:55 AM1 replyview on HN

This is one example of an aspect where insurance causes costs that are not directly attributable to the insurer in your numbers.

This isn’t seventh grade math. This is kindergarten level cause and effect.


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tptacektoday at 1:01 AM

Yes, as I said, if we accept your claim at face value, that every dollar of American practitioner-side insurance overhead --- not the delta from Canada, but every single dollar of it --- is mis-spent, you managed to identify 3.6% of the waste in the system. Congratulations.

I said earlier we'd gone round-and-round on this topic before, and I was a little burned out on it, but I didn't expect you to refute your own argument like this. I'm glad we gave it another run this time! This is a great statistic; I'll be using it elsewhere. Thank you.

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