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> Hospitals want you to visit more often

Maybe this is true in the US but not sure it's valid point in Europe where, given how the health system works, most of the time patients are actually a cost for the business hence less patients the better really.



Parent is talking on a profit-per-patient driven environment. Now where (e.g. due to welfare) a patient is a cost.

Hence the other arguments he made, about gas stations want you to burn more fuel, etc.

It's about how for-profit incentives of companies can be detrimental to society.




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