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The biggest thing is the ISP is making money the customer isn't hurting for. So their total profits are higher, and they might even be able to raise your rates with some nonsense junk fees, but because the government is footing part of the bill, you don't care as much/tolerate it.

The ACP has the same problem our healthcare often does: Rather than forcing corporations not to fleece people, the government foots the bill and gets fleeced itself instead.

The US government seems unwilling or unable to just put their foot down and say "you're charging too much, and we're putting a stop to that".




The largest gov run health care programs tell providers exactly what they will pay. What are you on about?


Then why is Medicare being able to negotiate drug prices instead of being required to pay the list price such a big deal?


I forgot about that. But I don't think it's that big a deal, because for other things, they already set the price:

"The prices that Medicare FFS pays providers are set administratively through laws and regulations, and providers can either take them or leave them."

https://www.cbo.gov/system/files/2022-01/57422-medical-price...

And in 2016 only about 10% of health costs in the US were prescription drugs.

https://www.actuary.org/content/prescription-drug-spending-u...


They're arguing that the USA doesn't do that, but should.


"The prices that Medicare FFS pays providers are set administratively through laws and regulations, and providers can either take them or leave them."

https://www.cbo.gov/system/files/2022-01/57422-medical-price...




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