Column: Insured price: $2,758. Cash price: $521. Could our healthcare system be any dumber? – Los Angeles Times

https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2019-07-29/column-could-our-healthcare-system-be-any-dumber

All healthcare providers should be required by law to publish all prices and offer uniform prices to all patients regardless of payment method.

Or better yet don’t add a new law to patch old laws. Remove all laws limiting competition in healthcare (including patents on drugs and treatments). Then the free market can actually work and drive pricing that is very low.

LA Court System VERY Inefficient

Every interaction I have had with the court system has been massively wasteful of everyone’s time involved. I have done a few small claims cases, a couple civil cases, and now am a witness to a criminal case. It’s insane how wasteful the system is.

The court system should be reorganized to pay judges according to how many cases they hear fairly, and should have penalties to the judge for successful appeals of their decisions to ensure swift justice.… read more “LA Court System VERY Inefficient”