Timeline for Why was pre-Obama healthcare considered by some to be a failed market?
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| May 18, 2017 at 3:58 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackPolitics/status/865053944690741249 | ||
| May 17, 2017 at 3:04 | review | Close votes | |||
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| S May 12, 2017 at 15:58 | history | mod moved comments to chat | |||
| S May 12, 2017 at 15:58 | comment | added | Sam I am says Reinstate Monica | Comments are not for extended discussion; this conversation has been moved to chat. | |
| May 11, 2017 at 20:25 | history | edited | JonathanReez | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 11, 2017 at 17:36 | comment | added | user4012 | I'm surprised no answer mentioned defensive medicine and tort risk. Effectively, the risk of underbidding by providing minimalist service is too high, because the same people who'd happily purchase minimalist service would gladly hire a tort lawyer to sue you for everything you own when that service results in unfavorable rare outcome that can be claimed to a jury "could have been prevented with a battery of super expensive tests". you don't even need to be scientifically right, just be able to sell a story to a jury. | |
| May 11, 2017 at 14:08 | review | Close votes | |||
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| May 11, 2017 at 12:25 | history | edited | Machavity | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 11, 2017 at 7:48 | comment | added | WS2 | @user2914191 You could start by looking at average life expectancy, statistics for perinatal death etc. How do you know who has "the best medicine, surgeons, and technology"? What statistics measure that? | |
| May 11, 2017 at 2:56 | comment | added | BobTheAverage | @JDoe That sounds like the start to a great answer. Please use comments to improve the question. | |
| May 11, 2017 at 2:16 | answer | added | Machavity | timeline score: 13 | |
| May 11, 2017 at 1:27 | answer | added | user2914191 | timeline score: -2 | |
| May 11, 2017 at 1:19 | comment | added | user2914191 | "best health outcomes" is vague. if by "best" you mean everyone has access, even though it sucks, by that standard the US doesnt have the best. but if you're talking about best medicine, surgeons, and technology, the US is on top | |
| May 11, 2017 at 1:03 | answer | added | Brythan | timeline score: 5 | |
| May 11, 2017 at 0:08 | history | edited | Brythan |
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| May 10, 2017 at 23:26 | comment | added | J Doe | It should also be noted that the best health outcomes are correlated with what we would consider non-market models, like single-payer. So this is descriptive not just of the US system but of health care in general. | |
| May 10, 2017 at 23:25 | comment | added | J Doe | The market model doesn't work for everything. Health care for example, is not optional. You can't really choose not to seek health care. You can't have a free market. You also can't make rational, informed choices during a medical emergency. And it is nearly impossible to price-shop even when you are considering optional treatments, because prices are hidden from consumers - not even doctors know. These aren't specific reasons why the pre-Obamacare US healthcare system was a failure, just a few reasons why the market model did not and cannot work. | |
| May 10, 2017 at 23:13 | history | asked | rackandboneman | CC BY-SA 3.0 |