Once you make the productive labor of others a "right" there is no good "happy medium", and by definition a government (at least as ours is allegedly constituted) designed to protect our rights is in to the hilt.Originally Posted by Peally
Once you make the productive labor of others a "right" there is no good "happy medium", and by definition a government (at least as ours is allegedly constituted) designed to protect our rights is in to the hilt.
Last edited by Mark Housel; 04-13-2017 at 07:57 PM.
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I have had a lot of experience being in the healthcare system, and I tend to agree with Nephrology's above sentiments at least in regards to critical and acute care situations.
I do think there are a lot of services that could benefit from some more invisible hand regulation. Day to day stuff, not cancer treatment or you just wrapped your car around a light pole circumstances.
Let's consider childbirth. You know; a thing we have been doing before we figured out how to rub 2 sticks together.
I found the hospital bill for my mothers birth while cleaning out old boxes a couple weeks ago. It was $164. Now, those were 1950s dollars so they were obviously better than the ones we have now; but even adjusted for inflation, that would be a bill of just under $1500 in 2017 script.
In 2012, which was the most recent year in the best vetted study I could easily find no longer having university library access, the average cost of an uncomplicated vaginal birth at a hospital was over $10,000.
That is an indicator of a big fucking problem, and the problem ain't the fucking.
I suppose if you happen to live near a large enough community you have the option of a skilled birthing center at a much more affordable rate of $2500 or so, but that is still significantly higher than what inflation would indicate.
This sort of mundane shit should not cost what it does. Period.
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