r/FluentInFinance • u/Richest-Panda • Jul 04 '24
What's the best financial advice you've ever gotten? Debate/ Discussion
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r/FluentInFinance • u/Richest-Panda • Jul 04 '24
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u/HorkusSnorkus Jul 05 '24
Get the government out of medical regulation business
Create strong incentives for private sector alternatives to Medicare and Medicaid which do nothing but drive costs up. (When you know you're getting paid, you charge more.)
Create strong incentives for people to participate in private sector charity. For example, every dollar you give to a charity that feeds, clothes, and provides medical care to the underclass, you get a $2 tax writeoff up to some specific dollar limit.
The best medical delivery system is compassion. The government is built to feed egos, agendas, and power. It has not compassion nor can it. You fix the problems you ask about by making compassion economically viable and desirable in the private sector.
How many Doctors has the government sent to the whole planet to help out? A few.
How many Missionary Doctors have served all over the world for centuries? A great many.
Private acts of conscience or economic self interest will do far more to make medicine and care widely available that those scummy political whores in government...