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How about we just have universal healthcare so people don't need to make monetary decisions about their health?
A few malicious doctors abusing that system will cost exponentially less than for profit insurance that sucks money out of patients every time they are treatedm
"Doc, how's my dad?"
"I treatedm best I could."
The doctors aren’t the fucking problem, NPR!
Propaganda is doing they thing... Never naming the proper criminal .
Health insurance is a scam.
Physicians argue cost discussions create logistical burdens,
They find it burdensome to be required to have a short conversation before bankrupting a family. Here's my sympathy for them expressed on the world tiniest violin: .
And yes, they should have to put it in writing. And yes, that costs software development time.
I make software, and I deserve to know what things cost.
So yes, they need to be forced to pay me.
And to be completely transparent, no I won't tell them what it's going to cost in advance. Let's see how they like it. Lol.
Alternatively, we could all go with free public health care, and I'll go write some other software.
That sounds nicer.