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m0lluskyesterday at 11:07 PM2 repliesview on HN

It is more complicated than that. Markets have the structure and regulations we give them. Health care gets set up and delivered with very different concepts and guidance in various places regardless of whether it is for profit.


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laughing_manyesterday at 11:18 PM

We don't have a true free-market in health care, so regulations and various programs are meant to create an environment where we get the benefits of a free market while still having universal availability and a universal "standard of care".

Of course it doesn't work very well. That's asking too much of any system.

alightsoulyesterday at 11:11 PM

How is not weighing risk not for profit, when not weighing it is crucial for profit?