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I don't think the concept is lost on any half intelligent adult that running a hospital has expenses and has to be paid by someone. The commentary is accurate that's is messed up to have a "price", like something is being sold. Having hospitals run off funding by taxpayers isn't a price any more than the military buying an F35 having a per-American price (and no one thinks of it that way)


> The commentary is accurate that's is messed up to have a "price", like something is being sold.

Services are being sold, whether it's private or government ran.

> Having hospitals run off funding by taxpayers isn't a price any more than the military buying an F35 having a per-American price (and no one thinks of it that way)

It is a price, so is the F35, and yes more people should think that way. Whether it's being paid for via taxes collected or paid directly is irrelevant.

The problem is not the method of collection of payment (taxes or direct) but the corruption of administrators.




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