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Originally Posted by irateplatypus
the solution to this whole problem is for everyone to pay for the healthcare they receive via their own insurance policies or out of pocket. what isn't covered there would have to come from their local charity or place of worship.
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You make some very good points in this post and others in this thread. In a perfect world a competitive, capitalistic approach to healthcare would probably be the best solution.
However there isn't much competition involved in today's healthcare. I have yet figured out how to shop for a doctor,dentist or hospital on a price/service basis. As I have pointed out in other healthcare threads in these forums, this mostly libertarian has become convinced that healthcare like national defense would be better provided by the government instead of having prices dictated by insurance executives.
The nature of healthcare just doesn't seem to lend itself to competition like other industries.