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Think of your least favorite presidential candidate. Now imagine s/he wins. Doesn’t limiting government power seem like a good idea?
Michael F. Cannon 🇮🇪🇺🇸
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Worst part of saving the world? Peer review.
When Medicare fans cope.
@mfcannon If a provider decides not to pursue a loss-making program because the incentives in the Medicare program are stupid, it does not mean they are denying care.View quoted post on X
We both agree Medicare should pay in a way that promotes this kind of better-quality, lower-cost care.
Free-market health care leaves gaps.
Government-run health care replaces those gaps with bigger ones.
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Government-run health care replaces those gaps with bigger ones.
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@Parrish_Miller @mfcannon Free market healthcare might make it cheaper and more abundant overall, but it resolves the outcome when e.g. a very poor person gets cancer as "they die from it." Common disease, expensive treatment, largely unpredictable and unpreventable.View quoted post on X
The last day that anyone says "traditional Medicare does not deny care" will be a great day indeed.
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@mfcannon To be fair, traditional Medicare does not deny care. Other than the very limited Choosing Wisely program, which has been largely discreditedView quoted post on X