jmspamerton

isn't reddit mostly astroturf? Try to get a conflicting opinion on anything political.

Again, what does this have to do with hacker news. This isn't reddit.

Sounds like Mr Ellison wants to start another set of riots just before an election.

What does this have to do with "Hacker News"?

The fact that the hospital doesn't know what a procedure costs (they make it up based on deals with medicare, medicaid, and individual insurance companies) should give you a hint.

Yes, the patient needs skin in the game. People need to take care of their own health. Most procedures are given to grossly unhealthy people.

Yes, completely privatize it. Make people pay for their care so their daily decisions are weighed against what affect it will have on their overall health.

so, your answer is OMG, they are making money!11! It's not a money probelm, it's a resources problem. We simply don't have enought hospital resources to serve everyone in the us. it's not making money, it's not having enough beds and skilled people to do the work.

Get an MD and help out, then you'll discover how you really DONT want the government to tell you which patients to serve.

Physician and Hospital resources is a real zero sum game, how do you fairly regulate the medical landscape so those who's lives will benefit most from a procedure will receive the procedure?

Who decides this? You?

Should we allow everyone in the world who needs a procedure to receive one free and get ahead in line for Americans who need the same procedure? That's what the current climate looks like with unbridaled immigration under progressives.

These are hard questions. What's the answer?