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If the third-party-payer (or worse, single-payer) insists on paying all doctors the same amount "per consultation" then I'll have trouble finding that top doctor -- not just trouble paying, but trouble finding him at all, because the system "disincentivizes" him out of existence.
Finkelstein on Health Insurance, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Imagine a policy (such as rent control) that disincentivizes developers.
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Further Left You Are the Less You Know About Economics: 2010
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And the major arguments against that approach are basically small-c conservative in nature (that it disincentivizes private investment, distorts the allocation of capital in inefficient ways, is a backdoor to undue regulatory control, and so forth).
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He said the limit disincentivizes safety and is unrealistic when an incident involves a large number of people.
Ind. to pay $5M to victims of state fair stage collapse 2011
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They incentivize terrorism by Israel's enemies and disincentivizes compromise on all sides.
Alan Dershowitz: Should Israel Welcome Glenn Beck's Support? Alan Dershowitz 2011
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It also disincentivizes poor countries from investing heavily in education.
Crackpot Idea #237 Luis von Ahn 2009
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What this overall approach means is the disincentive to take a deep look at an individual's health situation and try to come up with a large-picture diagnosis -- not to say that there aren't Kaiser doctors who care enough to do this, but the institutional approach disincentivizes this more caring medical approach.
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What this overall approach means is the disincentive to take a deep look at an individual's health situation and try to come up with a large-picture diagnosis -- not to say that there aren't Kaiser doctors who care enough to do this, but the institutional approach disincentivizes this more caring medical approach.
Archive 2009-10-01 2009
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The data reflects that a single payer system disincentivizes the best and the brightest away from research, since the fruits of their creations will not be as favorably compensated (in theory).
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First, the present system disincentivizes participation.
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