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I get your point. I just don't think it actually matters much. If you make people pay for basic care but cover the big stuff, you only cut a few percentage poin

by dpark 10y ago

I get your point. I just don't think it actually matters much. If you make people pay for basic care but cover the big stuff, you only cut a few percentage points off the cost of care carried by the state/insurers. I don't see how this is at all related to the inflated costs of American hospitals.

ThomPete 10y ago
It matters quite a lot because the source of the money creates very different dynamics. I have lived in both of them. There is a reason why the us healthcare system can have inflated costs and thats because of the nature of the the way it gets funded. And because it gets funded differently it allows for a different kind of dynamics in the offering. Go to Denmark the hospitals mostly look the same with a few notable differences and you have to wait til it's your turn.