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nickhalfasleep on Jan 8, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: The US spends more on healthcare for no gain says ...

I wonder how long other industries will let the healthcare companies get away with this.

The first Fortune 500 company to give it's employees free travel to Mexico, Canada, or Cuba for affordable care will cause quite a few waves.

Or a smart country could open up "embassy clinics" throughout America, offering affordable healthcare and taking the profits back home.

tptacek on Jan 8, 2019 | [–]

Fortune 500 companies already frequently self-insure their employees.

analog31 on Jan 8, 2019 | [–]

I've thought about a similar arrangement, where a state could contract its entire health care system to a smart country.

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