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Originally Posted by Flint
If we know that healthcare as a business is screwing people over in the pursuit of the bottom line, and if we know that healthcare as a government office would be a nightmarish clusterfuck, then what about a third option: keep healthcare as a business, but regulate the greed out of it the same way we've regulated other business to provide a baseline of humane treatment, IE not selling us rotten meat, food with poisonous ingredients, cars without seatbelts, or airplanes that aren't inspected for safety before taking off?
Is this the right place to post this? I was thinking about this in the shower this morning...
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Even the process of regulation would be a nightmare. Which part are we going to regulate the hell out of and which part of the system (think business) are we going to allow to tank. There are so many elements involved. The providers are only one link in the chain. I don't have the answers but since I work in health care I see the problems every day.