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Originally Posted by u wan buy dvd?
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Originally Posted by NinetyWt
Neither subsidizing early ones or penalizing late ones would fix that.
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I meant a sliding scale of costs- day one is cheaper/more subsidized than day two and so forth... |
No,
NinetyWt is correct. Assuming the goal is to reduce later-term abortions, the correct way to rig the incentives is by a flat-rate reimbursement for all abortions, irrespective of time, trimester, and complexity. This gives doctors every incentive to perform the abortions
early, while the profit margins are best. The time and complexity for the procedure are as low as they're ever going to be. The patient already has an incentive to decide as early as possible, because of the cost of prenatal care.