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Krug seems to be evolving on Medicare for all, hmm paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-us-hea...

paulkrugman.substack.comThe U.S. Healthcare System is Already Mostly SocializedAnd there’s nothing radical about wanting to end insurance company parasitism

ryan cooper

@ryanlcooper.com

11 Aug

it sounds simple but that basically is all we need. the whole private system is backstopped by public dollars and regulations in hundreds of ways, it's obscenely inefficient and it doesn't even cover everyone bsky.app/profile/equi...

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ted whalen

@introvert.net

it also seems like the private health plan is also getting squeezed by systemic trends. the question is whether the government steps in to act as a payer or whether the private model becomes buying some kind of plan directly from a large provider group. www.healthscape.com/insights/wid...

healthscape.comWidespread losses, diverging futures: Why some health plans will emerge stronger while others face retrenchment | HealthScape AdvisorsNearly 3 in 4 health plans reported losses in 2025. Analysis shows how competitiveness depends on preserving capital, investment, and managing medical cost trend.

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ted whalen

@introvert.net

11 Aug

every year, product standardization and provider consolidation means there's less and less that private health plans can do to compete with each other - the largest cost drivers are increasingly beyond the ability of health plans to affect