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lelanthran on Sept 7, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: A $10k poker win changed how I think

> They should have debtor’s prison at some point. Obviously going bankrupt from medical debt should not send you to prison but running a $60 million fraud should.

Humans are creative; at that point money will be laundered through various overbilled (or even outright fabricated) medical procedures, paid for in cash.

spoonjim on Sept 7, 2021 [–]

Just because something will be fought doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be tried.

lelanthran on Sept 7, 2021 | [–]

I did not mean to imply that it must not be tried :-/

We frequently don't catch murderers; this does not mean we should not investigate new methods of catching them.

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