Article: The sad tale of Hippocratia. (the state of the healthcare system)(Column)

Plato gave us "The Republic," Thomas Moore, "Utopia," Francis Bacon, "The New Atlantis," and Thomas Hobbes, "Leviathan." Now, for your entertainment and consideration, I give you "Hippocratia."

Once upon a time, there was a great doctor - so great that the country was named after him. This doctor and others like him saw patients, gave them the treatment and medicine they needed, and the patients paid them for their services. However, as time went on, the land-owning lords wanted to get the best serfs they could, so they decided to pay their serfs' medical bills. The King of Hippocratia saw how well this system worked, and it seemed to him that he could use the same ...

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