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My understanding is that socialized healthcare isn't cheaper because it's subsidized, it's cheaper because it has a monopsony buying power when negotiating.

And to a lesser extent, I bet it can be marginally cheaper because of a reduction in redundant administration costs across multiple providers. But that, and all other of those facets are dwarfed by the single payer negotiating.




The expense of healthcare is also from regulation making competition impossible - patents, fda approval, certificate of need, etc


Regulating healthcare seems reasonable to me.

A surgery enthusiast startup for cardiac surgery or a garage side hustle pharmaceutical dispensary do not sound like a good idea.

Yes, regulation costs, and a lot of that is reasonable.




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