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[-] Kalkaline@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

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.

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