Comments by "whyamimrpink78" (@whyamimrpink78) on "Woman Charged $34,927.43 For Covid-19 Treatment" video.

  1. No money in healthcare means no healthcare.
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  2.  @iamaloafofbread8926  , when you cap prices healthcare providers will limit access to care.
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  3.  @PlanetCharnBaby  no profit means no growth.
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  4.  @iamaloafofbread8926  do they die due to lack of access or due to being in bad health to begin with?
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  5.  @mrtekbunny  , nice counter argument.
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  6.  @jtlatitude  , we don't pay for all medical R&D.
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  7.  @iamaloafofbread8926  most can afford it though.
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  8.  @iamaloafofbread8926  , the vast majority can afford it. That is the issue. In the US we offer the most advanced care to the most people and the vast majority can afford it. In other nations they simply limit how much care one receives.
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  9.  @oliverm8307  why?
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  10.  @iamaloafofbread8926  , fine. That is their choice. At least they have the option.
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  11.  @iamaloafofbread8926  , I am from the working middle class. The reality is that the vast majority can afford high quality care, that is why healthcare reform is so challenging.
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  12.  @iamaloafofbread8926  , they are essentially the same. But again, the vast majority in the US can afford high quality of care which is why healthcare reform is so challenging.
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  13.  @kfcfingerlicker9292  , it is not legally binding.
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  14.  @iamaloafofbread8926  , again, the vast majority in the US can receive help. That is the strength of our healthcare system. In other nations they deny help. You are looking at one case and trying to make it the norm.
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  15.  @comingviking  , yes they will cap healthcare as the government simply won't pay for it. Saying they will be legally obligated to treat everyone means you are promoting slavery.
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  16.  @comingviking  , I work in research at a university. Very little is actually done at the university level. As for providing the most care, the US leads the world in access to advance care and testing. You claim I lie but you don't even know the facts.
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  17.  @Autodidactz  England? The same nation that denies MRIs and cataract eye surgery?
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  18.  @comingviking  I love how you call me a liar with zero evidence.
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  19.  @iamaloafofbread8926  , no system gives access to care to all.
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  20.  @iamaloafofbread8926  yeah, what's your point?
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  21. It isn't price gouging, it is there to offset cost in other parts of the sector. There are going to be a bunch of people who get care on pennies on the dollars thus the cost have to be offset.
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  22. Other nations do that as well.
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  23. That is an option. She will go bankrupt and see her credit score go down but that is all that will happen. Also, this is one reason why healthcare is so expensive in the US, many refuse to pay.
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  24.  @fmbbeachbum8163  without profit there is not growth. Without profit a lot of the care we have in our current system won't exist.
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  25.  @pedrokantor3997  , we can go to M4A where more people will be denied care.
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  26.  @ZeldagigafanMatthew  , it is so expensive because people are unwilling to pay. Thus healthcare companies have to make up the difference. Same in how Medicare pays 40% less and thus private insurance has to make up the difference. No such thing as a free meal. What many don't understand that, in many ways, we have a universal healthcare system. Many receive care without paying.
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  27.  @ZeldagigafanMatthew  "I don't seem to recall any time where the cost of something went up because people weren't buying." They are using it and not paying for it, that is the point.
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  28. When you place a price cap on things that leads to inefficiencies in the market.
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  29.  C W  you place a cap on it the good/service won't exist at all. So now no one has healthcare.
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  30. @UCAbY61X4f5Ji11hdK-fh6zw charging more for sanitizer offsets other costs in the healthcare industry. Chances are this woman won't pay, so how does the healthcare industry make for the the now lost $35,000?
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  31.  @Reza-hz1ce  , I have taken an economy class. I took many. Yes, I heard of cartels and monopolies. Usually monopolies occur because of government regulations making it expensive for competitors to come in. Cartels come from the black market. "a company does not need to control a 100% of the market to define what the price of the product will be. " Yes they do. In your cases of three companies people will go to the ones that offer the best product at a lower price. You complain about monopolies, where do they exist? Nowhere. Again, the government created monopolies. If the big company charged to much people won't go there.
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  32.  @Reza-hz1ce  have you took an economics course? Based on your comment I doubt it.
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  33.  @Reza-hz1ce  , to add, what will harm smaller competitors are government laws like higher taxes, the min. wage, etc. At one point Walmart supported a min. wage increase knowing it will harm smaller competitors.
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  34.  @nfzeta128  , cartels and the black markets are illegal. So when you expand government you lead to that. Same with monopolies. You are literally arguing for less government.
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  35.  @nfzeta128  , not, the black market comes about due to increase regulations and a poor economy. It is not a part of the free market.
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  36.  @Reza-hz1ce  , I actually have very complex thought. You are bringing up complex thought but also bringing up cartels which is the underground market. And monopolies come about from government. "When a company like wallmart arrives somewhere, small businesses in the area are fated to disappear if they don't receive external support. " Not true but OK. And workers are not for the min. wage unless they are union workers because. of crony unionism, the min. wage is used as a negotiation tool. But hey, I bet you never heard of crony unionism. The min. wage is no positive aspects.
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  37.  @nfzeta128  , really? I guarantee you that I have more critical thinking you can dream of.
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  38.  @nfzeta128  , I am not trolling. Issues like the Cartels happen because you make something illegal. Consider prohibition for example. Please learn history.
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  39.  @Reza-hz1ce  I actually studied economics as it is a requirement for my MBA course. Cartels are a part of the underground economy.
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  40.  @nfzeta128  , because of the underground economy.
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  41.  @cezarcatalin1406  corporations have no power besides offering you a job and/or a good/service. I have never seen a corporation hold a gun to people's head and force them to do things. Government has.
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  42.  @nfzeta128  , again, look at the time of prohibition. Again, learn history.
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  43.  @nfzeta128  because something is made illegal. Consider, also, prostitution.
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  44.  @nfzeta128  government "by the people" is done when government is made more local. And again, I never seen a corporation hold a gun to someone's head. I have not step in a Walmart for months. But I still have groceries because I shop elsewhere. The free market at work.
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  45. Without profits means no growth. There is a reason why the US has the best quality of care.
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  46. Good luck on a violent revolution when your opponent owns all the guns.
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