@freemo
[ splitting the thread]

i used to soft-propose rearchitecting medicine to solve the problem. i looked at insurance as basically a cope for high prices and because its a cope doing anything with insurance is the wrong answer.

part of what hurts medicine costs is that a long time ago a majority of medical schools were shut down when the AMA was consolidating power. when i peeked in to the requirements to be a doctor i saw people gloating about their "competitive medical schools" and well.

medicine is not a competitive sport so why is competition being glorified to train medical workers?

and also, there seem to be a lot of inefficiencies overall. i wanted to rearchitect it so people were trained in skillset packages so they could be useful sooner, ex. someone has to first have basic nursing packages to be an MD, which already allows them to work close to their target in the field but also means they aren't just dead weight for nearly as long.

maybe i'm dumb and don't understand the problem, but i really think basing the training on skills packages so people can get certified and start working sooner would take a lot of pressure off our shit. and insurance would absolutely not be subsidized because that's just encouraging people not to solve the problem.