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RFK is going to destroy our health care system

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RFK Jr and aides are weighing changes to billions of dollars in Medicare physician payments.

Their thesis: the current payment model, which rewards specialty care and surgeries, has created bad incentives that harm our health.

Many experts + Dems agree.

https://t.co/RiObtaxl3E

Dan Diamond

RFK is going to destroy our health care system

https://x.com/ddiamond/status/1859728557683114253

I don’t disagree, but isn’t our healthcare system already among the worst of the high income countries?

Navigating the world of finance by day, pondering its flaws by night. ETH Maxi

I was being sarcastic in the post. I agree, it's already terrible. I'm supportive of any attempts to make it better.

Ah, I totally misread that, but should have known! I think we’re in agreement here.

The conspiracy stuff worries me, for sure, but our current healthcare system is a hot mess, so I’m all for someone challenging the status quo. I just hope we consult actual experts in the process of doing so.

I need to work on my sarcasm. 😅 

I do get the concerns about RFK and vaccines - although I do believe we need to question some aspects of our vaccine policy. It annoys me that the narrative I often see is that RFK is going to destroy our health care system like it's something we need to save.