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Article #620381Re: free, huh, was Bitcoin confusion?
From: J. Clarke
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 02:15
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 02:15
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On 14 Feb 2018 14:41:58 GMT, jmfbahciv <See....@aol.com> wrote: >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. If they want to be. There is no one going around holding a gun to the partners' heads and telling them "sell or else".
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