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1. silisi+(OP)[view] [source] 2025-08-02 20:41:25
I don't know all the answers, but I can tell you that cutting doctors and services is not what I had in mind. Mainly the behemoth that is everything tangential to that, namely insurance and pharma, for two. I worked on the insurance side(in tech), and most people wouldn't believe the number of people involved between the doctor getting money from the patient.

On the contrary of your statement, I would also do everything I could to allow more (capable, of course) people to become doctors each year, though I'm not sure what all that would entail. It feels criminal to me that we limit residency while a) every doctor I've ever visited is way oversubscribed and in a hurry, and b) specialist appointments are months out.

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2. Aviceb+N2[view] [source] 2025-08-02 20:59:55
>>silisi+(OP)
Ok, I pretty much agree with everything you suggest.

Browsing HN has conditioned me to react to sentiment like "healthcare...it's a jobs program...solve it by putting people out of work (the market will magically fix it)" to essentially be code for "I support continued abuse and further deprivations against the poor"

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3. hcknws+qB[view] [source] 2025-08-03 02:25:21
>>silisi+(OP)
Get rid of Pharma and there will be zero new drugs or treatments ever again. Have fun with that.
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4. SR2Z+yKh[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-08-08 17:24:05
>>Aviceb+N2
Healthcare is one of the rare examples where pretty much any reasonable-sounding change probably can't help but make things better.
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