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Yes but... in healthcare, a lot of those "rent-seeking parasites" are in fact millions of low-skill middle-class paper pushers called "insurance coders", "claim adjusters", "billing specialists", etc.

You make healthcare cheaper, but need to concurrently give the millions of people who depend on this overcomplicated system a different path...

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I don't think that's as big a problem for white-collar workers as it is for blue-collar. Processing paperwork, managing a team, calculating risk, these are all things that readily translate to new fields, as opposed to something like mining or carpentry. I have zero concerns that someone losing their job in insurance would struggle to find work.

These are almost all blue-collar work. I don't know if you're familiar, but search for "medical coder" jobs online -- they are all $15-25/hr.

The right way to think of those jobs is roughly “specialization of the ‘secretary’ work force”.

A small minority of office jobs are “white collar” in the traditional sense

Isn't that exactly where the magic of capitalistic creative destruction is supposed to swoop in and save the day? Put them out of work and let the invisible hand sort them out.

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