Message from @GregInHouston2
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Just Google shit like "certificate of need"
It doesn't matter who pays for it, the underlying system is so bad that we will always have problems till we solve those
I would have to know which example and examine it.
Canada.
Agreed... other countries with public healthcare have a robust supplemental insurance business for those that want more.
They have both a private and public system.
If we solve those problems, then both public or private have a chance at working
Canada doesn't have a private option.
Yes it does.
Canada's drugs are capped
Subsidized by you
Prevented from import (and thus free market) by our government (perhaps until recently)
There are some good NPR podcasts on this subject
Private is subsidized by public by requests.
The entire thing is so fd up it takes hours to untangle
Canadians may be happy with what they have; I don't want it.
@GregInHouston2, you just advanced to level 5!
I'm just explaining that it's a private/public option that coexists.
As an example.
Because you said that public just takes over everything and crushes private.
It's funny... I don't think I have seen any other issue that has been so unifying in this group. Everyone agrees healthcare needs to be fixed. Somehow.
Pros: Lesser costs to the public for general healthcare.
Cons: Longer wait times for diagnostics and procedures.
It's not that fast now...
It's very slow in a lot of universal systems.
/very/ slow.
Like a year to get an MRI kind of slow.
I don't think healthcare can be fixed. It is a finite product with infinite need.
@TaLoN132 there is indeed a lot of room for bipartisanship, like removing shitty laws that induce monopolies, in that sense you are right
But that is not what the Dems are frustrated about
There may be that technology helps with that. The DMV is getting better here in CA with being able to make appointments online.
If you have money, you can get an MRI tomorrow.
They in fact were proponents of most of these shitty laws to begin with
(but most people simply don't know about the subject enough)
I wish I could find those NPR podcasts, they are golden
You also have to remember, Canada only has the funds for universal healthcare because they don't spend nearly as much on their military expenditures.
Unlike America.
You're going to have to give something up.
And I doubt it'll be the military.
Good laugh at irony