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Topic	what would happen if hospitals competed like other businesses
Balrog0 11/20/18 12:05:31 PM #34:	HenryAllbright posted... But that brings up a whole other point about maximizing utilization. Maybe healthcare doesn't need to always 100% be about maximizing quantity of life. Maybe some people are willing to trade in what's best as far as their health goes for what makes them have a better quality of life. Odds are there will be options. There's nothing wrong with differentiation of goals among various patients. this is already the case? My point is that the kind of things people are willing to pay for are not associated with better health outcomes. Plenty of people refuse service on the basis of how it would impact their lives... HenryAllbright posted... They would be more affordable, so in turn you would actually see more poor people seeking care. If society actually cared about helping poor people afford medical care, they could donate money to services that help cover their bills. Let society have their values reflecting naturally rather than through means of laws. Okay, as long as you admit you value this associational freedom more than you value the lives of poor people I have no real issue with your argument here. I have different priorities but at least it's honest. --- But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. <cite>Balrog0 posted [p:912738314] in what would... [t:77221079]...</cite> <quote><cite>HenryAllbright posted...</cite> <quote>But that brings up a whole other point about maximizing utilization. Maybe healthcare doesn't need to always 100% be about maximizing quantity of life. Maybe some people are willing to trade in what's best as far as their health goes for what makes them have a better quality of life. Odds are there will be options. There's nothing wrong with differentiation of goals among various patients.</quote> this is already the case? My point is that the kind of things people are willing to pay for are not associated with better health outcomes. Plenty of people refuse service on the basis of how it would impact their lives... <cite>HenryAllbright posted...</cite> <quote> They would be more affordable, so in turn you would actually see more poor people seeking care. If society actually cared about helping poor people afford medical care, they could donate money to services that help cover their bills. Let society have their values reflecting naturally rather than through means of laws.</quote> Okay, as long as you admit you value this associational freedom more than you value the lives of poor people I have no real issue with your argument here. I have different priorities but at least it's honest. --- But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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