Family of Christian Teen Condemned to Death by Doctors Sounds Alarm
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Mmm, that subject can get really prickly really fast.
Anytime it's pointed out that for-profit healthcare is a product of capitalism, people get really angry and defensive because they think it's criticizing capitalism to point that out.
But how would we change it? Ban people in the medical field from making a profit? Or capping the amount of profit they can make? Considering the (in my opinion, valid) low opinion of Big Pharma and the healthcare system in general around here, most people wouldn't have a problem with that.
But if we somehow prevented people from making a profit, or capping their profit, on healthcare, then our entire healthcare system would be crippled. Because most people involved aren't going to stick around just out of the goodness of their hearts.
So what then? Have the government fund research and development and production of healthcare services? Now we have socialized healthcare.
So you see how fast that conversation can get heated?
Big difference in for profit and taking advantage though. Doctors and nurses should be paid well. And treatment should be capped to be reasonable. They rape the sick and needy.
I agree that huge markups in healthcare are not ethical. But where do we draw the line there? Who determines what is an acceptable amount of profit? And do we apply that to all businesses or just healthcare?
Doctors and nurses are just a tiny percentage of where money goes in healthcare.
And you can't force businesses or healthcare workers to accept what you believe is a reasonable profit. The only reason most people work in areas like pharmaceuticals and hospital equipment manufacturing and supply is because of those huge profits. You cut their profits and they're going to go somewhere else to make their money. So our healthcare system still collapses.
I'm not on the side of for-profit healthcare. Or advocating for people in the medical industry making huge profits. I'm also not advocating for socialized healthcare. I'm just trying to point out the realities of the business.
I'm not for or against those either. But surely we can make this better. Healthcare is a necessity and should be affordable. A pharma collapse would be nice actually. Making millions by making us sick and selling us a remedy. Lower cost and higher accountability for these demons
And how do you propose to do that? Seriously, I would like to know. Are you going to try to convince people to not be greedy? Or are we going to have the government make laws capping the amount of profits someone can make and then force people to do those jobs?