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Leaked video shows UnitedHealth CEO saying insurer will continue practices that combat 'unnecessary' care (www.foxbusiness.com)

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[–] rimu@piefed.social 26 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

I would need to be paid to stay in a hospital a moment longer than necessary. Using a market-based supply & demand framing of healthcare doesn't really make sense because it's a service that nearly everyone who uses it wants to use the minimum possible. It's not candy where people will take as much as they can get. Everyone wants to get well ASAP.

[–] granolabar@kbin.melroy.org 10 points 1 week ago

The people currently in charge just make up arguments to support their position. This is just business 101.

They are incapable to operate differently.

System needs to be reformed and they need to be removed.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Upvoted because I agree with the actual point you're making.

Now I'm going to nitpick a completely off topic point that doesn't change what you're saying, but maybe we should use a different example.

There have been studies that show kids literally cannot get enough candy/sugar. So much so, that in the 1800s before medicine was understood, they used obscene amounts of sugar for kids as a pain reliever, which actuactually did work to a small extent.

Adults however will NOT eat candy unlimited, as they have a switch in their brain that tells them "Ok, thats enough. Now it's going to start tasting not as good". Eventually they won't even enjoy candy.

So I recomend your last bit of that message should read:

"It’s not candy for kids, or blowjobs/lickjobs for adults, where people will take as much as they can get. Everyone wants to get well ASAP."