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the question nobody seems to be asking about healthcare.

submitted by AntiPostmodernist to whatever 4 monthsDec 25, 2024 01:58:10 ago (+3/-0)     (whatever)

Does medical diagnosis and treatment really need to cost that much? and why the hell is it so damn expensive in the first place?

i notice nobody talks about making it any cheaper, but instead about whether or not the government (aka taxpayers) should be picking up the tab.


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[ - ] Trope 3 points 4 monthsDec 25, 2024 02:09:30 ago (+3/-0)

Inflated by the insurance industry.

Just like tuition: I floated by financial aid and the student loan industry.

[ - ] TheYiddler 3 points 4 monthsDec 25, 2024 04:40:12 ago (+3/-0)

Insurance profits are capped by costs. They have a vested interest in making costs higher.

[ - ] inaminit 1 point 4 monthsDec 25, 2024 11:50:11 ago (+1/-0)

Think you have that backwards, insurance companies are notorious for being skinflint cheapskates who complain about costs... Personally, I think doctors who demand 7 figures a year need a career change to stock broker; They're supposed to be helping people not getting rich.

[ - ] TheOriginal1Icemonkey 3 points 4 monthsDec 25, 2024 01:59:22 ago (+3/-0)

Funny thing, if you pay cash, it is cheaper and gets done way quicker. I mean of course for easy shit, not major shit.

[ - ] Trope 3 points 4 monthsDec 25, 2024 02:11:46 ago (+3/-0)

My business partner and I agreed to grow the business using only cash moving forward. No more of this debt shit. Loans are finally getting paid off and suddenly our cash flow issues are gone.

[ - ] SithEmpire 1 point 4 monthsDec 25, 2024 04:43:27 ago (+1/-0)

why the hell is it so damn expensive in the first place?

They place a tariff on not subscribing to their human service plan, nothing to to with the actual expenses.

[ - ] puremadness 1 point 4 monthsDec 25, 2024 04:37:41 ago (+1/-0)

Xray of a childs foot over $2000
We were there like 1-2 hours.

Her foot was fine.

[ - ] AntiPostmodernist [op] 0 points 4 monthsDec 25, 2024 19:23:46 ago (+0/-0)

we need to audit the many medical practices to see how they are justifying these insane prices.

[ - ] TheBigGuyFromQueens 0 points 4 monthsDec 25, 2024 02:05:45 ago (+0/-0)

MY DICK HEALTHY

[ - ] titstitstits 0 points 4 monthsDec 25, 2024 02:00:37 ago (+0/-0)

Yeah exactly. But there's too much money to be made keeping people sick. AI is the answer.

[ - ] puremadness 1 point 4 monthsDec 25, 2024 04:40:45 ago (+1/-0)

If you give the right prompts you can get the various LLMs to give you pretty damn fine medical answers that you can then verify. Most of what doctors tell us is well known, easy to double check, its finding out that you pay the shaman for. Also, the AI Doctor doesn't care about sponsorships or if you want to snort dandelions instead, if there is a study that suggests it is helpful, the ai will divulge it freely. All this is ONLY once you properly break it with proper prompting. Works with legal too. Dont try it on chatGPT, need a local llm that you can control.

[ - ] deleted 0 points 4 monthsDec 25, 2024 02:16:27 ago (+0/-0)

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