yeah, and it already takes place... so if ppl are taxed less, the charitable ppl (mostly poor & middle class conservatives.... btw), they have more to give

One thing that I like is paying doctors and physicians directly in cash or other monetary compensation for services rendered.

not to mention all the "friendly societies" that pre-existed statist meddling into healthcare services

that just gets around the insurance system and yeah that does have some affect

but it doesn't help those that don't have any way to pay

and i'm not talking emergency services, those are already guaranteed, etc, I'm talking chronic illnesses like cancer

there is always a way ... and there will always be more potential charitable capital to make the difference

shits expensive regardless of insurance, not something most normal people can just pay cash for

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendly_society

What about have a corporation, company, organization, or private investor "sponsor" your cancer for a treatment. All experimental drugs. No FDA interference.

there could perhaps be utility in the state connecting people willing to help and people in need. But giving the state money is the last thing you want to do. Its like taking all the healthcare companies, and make them just one giant entity, Then taking the greedy hospital boards and adding them in too. Its just more money for politicians to raid to pay their debts on bad deals.

yeah, giving the state money is not a good idea either

I'm also not totally opposed to a single payer system

or Kickstarter 😄

buuut I just don't know how it would work

like pensions for my recent state reps who all retired at like 50, while like no one in the work force can retire before like 60 or 70, realistically, and very few if any have pensions.

kickstarter and gofundme, etc days are numbered

when people stop realizing the value from donations

I don't tsee that as a long term solution

why public officials even HAD the option of pensions for being in office way too fucking long is beyond me.

A Blockchain-funded DAO that funds your Healthcare plan, according to how much you can "mine" in what you can do for your diseases' research?

exactly, what i was saying, @LotheronPrime

I am so agaisnt digital mining

its basically fiat while burning real resources

so stupid

depends on what you are "mining"

I feel like all that computing power could be put to some use....

yeah some mining is for research etc

good old seti days, etc

like mining medical data to find cures or stella info to find new planets or something

and whatever that cancer genome one was

giving over your computer to research while you are asleep and getting some compensation for it that can go towards your healthcare doesn't sound too unethical.

security nightmare? perhaps

nah but then you're just shifting costs to electricity

and unless you made a net positive there

it wouldn't be worth it

someone is going to be eating up the electricity

either its a few supercomputers over a long period of time

yeah but YOU pay for the electricity YOU use so any credits you get

the problem is going to be confirming the data

or a few million computers over a shorter period of time