> Taking away profit motive from them e.g. by subsidizing operation would only increase cost of care, because the incentive to run lean/efficiently goes away
If I had the choice between system A with excellent community health outcomes, but didn't turn a profit, was heavily subsidized, and ran with operational bloat, versus system B which ran lean/efficiently but produced poor health outcomes I would choose A every single time and I imagine most people would
Currently in the US we have neither. We have a bloated/inefficient system that also produces poor community health outcomes. But at least a few private equity firms might turn a profit, so at least there's that??
That’s just a limit in their risk system not a judgement of any real scale. Better to read it as “infinity” because the point of the setting was to remove any real limit.
Anecdotally, now is not a good time to be doing an IPO if you can help it. My company was also thinking about an IPO and is now delaying. I imagine they're waiting for market conditions to be better
One thing that has kept me from starting to self-host is that I'm terrified of the thought of opening ports on my network to the open internet. For people who have self-hosted, how do you secure or set up your network?
I self host a lot, the main thing is to keep your software up to date and make sure you don't accidentally open any ports you don't mean to. The top main mistakes people make is 1) never updating software and then getting exploited, and 2) accidentally not having or misconfiguring your firewall. Like leaving an "internal" service exposed to the internet.
I've joked since 2014 that I was born at the perfect time (1993) to never be able to buy a house, and this seems to prove that my patience in waiting out the market was not in fact a wise move. Very cool
Real estate prices will fall in a high interest rate, cash poor environment. More than most people appreciate. Since real estate is at all time highs relative to median incomes, something has to give.
Trying to time a market always fails, and a first house isn't really an investment in the traditional sense. It's always the best time to buy first home, from a market perspective. The big factor is picking somewhere you plan to live for 5+ years.
I'm sure lots of people want WFH exclusively, and that's valid, but for me a flexible hybrid setup where the office is there if you want it, and my team plans in-the-office meeting days is really ideal for me. I feel like I miss a lot not seeing people in person. I've felt extremely isolated these last 2 years and I'll be very happy to be getting some face-to-face time this year and in the future
This is a great link, and I really would like to include this in my Teams status message that shows up Whenever someone tries to message me, but that just feels a little too passive-aggressive
If I had the choice between system A with excellent community health outcomes, but didn't turn a profit, was heavily subsidized, and ran with operational bloat, versus system B which ran lean/efficiently but produced poor health outcomes I would choose A every single time and I imagine most people would
Currently in the US we have neither. We have a bloated/inefficient system that also produces poor community health outcomes. But at least a few private equity firms might turn a profit, so at least there's that??