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A place to discuss positive changes that can make work more equitable, and to vent about current practices. We are NOT against work; we just want the fruits of our labor to be recognized better.
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- All workers must be paid a living wage for their labor.
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That could easily be assumed as an endorsement of lower health care costs, not universal health care.
But right wing also oppose government interventions to lower those prices. And no, the market will not fix itself. Some things are not bound to laws of supply and demand. When your kid is on the operation table, you’re not going to tell him « hey sorry it’s too expensive to keep you around, we’re putting you down ».
Let me just call some other hospitals, surgeons, and anesthesiologists to price shop when my kid needs surgery.
Nevermind the fact you're further limited by the network decided by the insurance provider you don't get to choose...
Healthcare is distributed based on who needs it most (or that's how it should be distributed). When you go to an ED, you don't have an auction for the next available bed, you have an RN take a look at who's presenting with the most serious symptoms and taking them next. When you introduce a profit motive into that system, all it does is raise prices. It doesn't make that process any more efficient. If it weren't for government interventions, the emergency department could turn away people without insurance or an ability to pay. Laissez-faire capitalism is not what you want in healthcare.
You're right, they're more concerned with results rather than solutions.