> Dana wrote: > > the cost of production is irrelevant to the consumer. What's the cost of > production for a vente capuccino? I rest my case.
But that's whole entire point, Dana: normally products and services are priced on value, not on cost of production. However. Lawyers charge on the billable hour, i.e., the cost of production. Doctors SORT OF do as well. But look, anyone that knows the healthcare supply & value chains know it's the most inefficient thing imaginable - no it's worse - you imagine how bad it could be and it's worse. Why? Medical services aren't priced on value, thus the patient pays for the inefficiency, thus the lack of incentive to be more efficient, thus the current system. In other words, government run healthcare will never work long term because creeping inefficiency will kill it. Look at France and the UK - they're coming to us to try to lower their costs. The only force in the World that can fix this problem is compound interest, which means private investment, which means the government needs to get out. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:303550 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
