alt Hacker NewsThis completely discounts the work involved to find service providers you trust. I spent a long time finding a Doctor I trust, finding a Vet I trust, etc. I don't want a "free market" solution where I need to switch providers every 6 months because some rich dude is being a dick.
This is the problem with so many market focused solutions. They discount the burden put on the consumer.
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You're complaining about healthcare being tied to employment. That sucks. Yeah, we should get rid of that.
Coupling healthcare and employment makes it harder for agents to move and trade "freely" in the "free market".
So, I say again. The things that happen in a healthy free market are not happening in our society.
Participating in a market is work, the only way a market (or life in general) works is if you hold your counterparties accountable.
> I don't want a "free market" solution where I need to switch providers every 6 months because some rich dude is being a dick.
Nature does not have a mandate that good quality services and products be available at low prices at all times. The rich dude being a “dick” was a tired vet owner who wanted to sell their equity, just like anyone else who sells their SP500 shares or their house.
The only thing that can be done is encourage government policies to ensure more sellers exist.
I think the idea is that you'd have to switch less often.
People can scam you and jerk you around because you don't have options.
If you had options, they might be less inclined
If the market is healthy, there will already be two or three providers in town instead of one that has any sort of monopoly, and the LBO won't be lucrative to begin with.