Arguably the prices of healthcare are what they are because of the legal institution of insurance and the system of middlemen involved, so it’s not really an example of free markets, but I’ll show myself and my logic outta here ok peace
Free market retoric is used to uphold the current system as is. Which is more-so a weird type of socialism but only for bailing out the elite. If we had real free markets then we’d just let failing business fail
That’s one issue, but there’s also the more general issue that healthcare can never be a truly free market - you cannot just decide not to get that lifesaving operation, and often your choice on with which doctor to get it is heavily limited as well.
It is idiotic to think a free market ideology could ever work in an inherently non-free market.
Yeah I agree & don’t have a solution. I’ve also lived under fully socialized healthcare, and that’s quite problematic as well for various reasons including wait times & quality of care / options
Arguably the prices of healthcare are what they are because of the legal institution of insurance and the system of middlemen involved, so it’s not really an example of free markets, but I’ll show myself and my logic outta here ok peace
Free market retoric is used to uphold the current system as is. Which is more-so a weird type of socialism but only for bailing out the elite. If we had real free markets then we’d just let failing business fail
Yep, we live in a monopolistic society, made possible by reagan economics, otherwise we would be doing better, I believe.
That’s one issue, but there’s also the more general issue that healthcare can never be a truly free market - you cannot just decide not to get that lifesaving operation, and often your choice on with which doctor to get it is heavily limited as well.
It is idiotic to think a free market ideology could ever work in an inherently non-free market.
Yeah I agree & don’t have a solution. I’ve also lived under fully socialized healthcare, and that’s quite problematic as well for various reasons including wait times & quality of care / options
its also technically a scam, using someone elses money to pay for your medical services(most of the time, or some of the time, or not all)