The regulatory capture is the feature, not the bug. Certificate of need laws artificially limit surgery centers, hospital licensing creates monopolistic pricing, and insurance opacity prevents price discovery. A 20-minute outpatient procedure costs $5k+ in cash-pay surgery centers versus $108k throu...

She has 🪱 doesn't need surgery

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$108K is just the hospital/government/insurance company circle jerk made up number.

I gotta say this is the craziest estimate I’ve yet seen…but this woman is correct on how broken how health care and debt based system is broken. When I was a kid growing up in a small town in south Louisiana (1970s) there were many farmers (single income families) with only catastrophic health...

She can negociaate that to 20k. nostr:nprofile1qqsq0rqv0z34umfmc2g23cqfw9zwr47ywxq47glge7smpq4cpd2zf4qppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qyvhwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnndehhyapwwdhkx6tpdshs47yauf fixes this

“The healthcare system isn't broken. It's working exactly as designed, just not for patients.” 💯 Same as the monetary system. The money is not “broken.”