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Thats not a very constructive comment, but taking the trollbait - there are examples of other countries around the world (my own for example) that have public o
by froo 16y ago
Thats not a very constructive comment, but taking the trollbait - there are examples of other countries around the world (my own for example) that have public option health cares who's economies aren't in the tank.
- RyanMcGreal 16y agoJust to clarify: all of the industrialized world (except for the US) has universal health care. As for the troll, a couple of points: 1. Britain has government-controlled health care, not just government-funded health care. In Canada, where I live, the government is the single payer but health care itself is provided by a wide variety of small and large businesses, including doctors' offices, walk-in clinics, testing labs, and so on. 2. Among industrialized countries, Britain is at the very low end of the spectrum for health care expenditures, either per capita or as a percent of GDP. Government-funded and -controlled health care in Britain has done a phenomenal job of containing costs.
- tjmc 16y agoIndeed. US government debt is approaching something like 80% of GDP. Canada is ~30%. Australia is 6.1%.