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minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoThe problem is that doing the wrong thing also has a large cost in the form of medical expenses, that is allocated to people at random. They’re supposed to weigh those two things.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoThis might help you understand why poor people appear to make “bad” choices: https://terrypratchett.com/explore-discworld/sam-vimes-boots-theory-of-socio-economic-unfairness/
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoThat this is even an issue goes back to a broad social decision to not have single-payer medical care
The problem is that doing the wrong thing also has a large cost in the form of medical expenses, that is allocated to people at random. They’re supposed to weigh those two things.
This might help you understand why poor people appear to make “bad” choices:
https://terrypratchett.com/explore-discworld/sam-vimes-boots-theory-of-socio-economic-unfairness/
That this is even an issue goes back to a broad social decision to not have single-payer medical care