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Re: free, huh, was Bitcoin confusion?

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From: jmfbahciv
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 14:41
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J. Clarke wrote:
> On 13 Feb 2018 14:39:00 GMT, jmfbahciv <See....@aol.com> wrote:
>
>>John Levine wrote:
>>> In article <r2v18dtj601makeue...@4ax.com>,
>>> J. Clarke  <jclarke...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>I'm getting the impression that you're not very familiar with the way
that
>>>>>the US medical system works.  When's the last time you price shopped for
a
>>>>>doctor?
>>>>
>>>>I'm getting the impression that you're not very familiar with
>>>>economics.  In any market that does not have price controls there will
>>>>be a range of prices, often for identical goods.  That does not mean
>>>>that doubling the supply of goods will not reduce prices across the
>>>>board.
>>>
>>> You might want to read the classic 1963 paper by Kenneth Arrow
>>> "Uncertainty and the Welfare Economics of Medical Care."
>>>
>>> http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/82/2/PHCBP.pdf
>>>
>>> I happen to agree that it would be good to have more doctors and
>>> nurses in the U.S., but I doubt that would make much difference to
>>> healthcare prices.
>>>
>>Not anymore.  Doctors used to have their own business.  Now they're
>>an employee.  Nurses have to join the local union.  That means
>>that union rules usurp care practices.
>
> My doctors are members of partnerships.

Partnerships are getting bought out.

/BAH
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Subject: Re: free, huh, was Bitcoin confusion?
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