Message from @GregInHouston2
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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.
Honestly, I don't buy it. But I have no time to look into how it does and does not work.
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.
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
A big part of the problem is that we have become so accustomed to the "Us Against Them" dichotomy that perpetuates and exacerbates the situation. People use the "they started it", "it's their fault not ours", "they are the bad guys not us" to avoid getting to the business of really solving problems. It serves somebody, just not everyday Americans.
No argument there.
That's a problem with the two-party system.
But it's not exactly a new problem.
It's been around for a very long time in America.
Since it was founded, tbh
That's why I try to focus on our similarities and less on the differences. The differences are important, but not as much as the similarities.
I mean back then it was "Slave states" and "Free states"
Yeah... if we can make it though that, we can make it through anything. The differences now pale in comparison.
Wisconsin recount is a clown show. 😫 https://twitter.com/ScottTapley68/status/1330542274518937601?s=20