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Sounds interesting, but still misses the point of having a modern nation where every single citizen has free health care. Sigh.
by virgil_disgr4ce 10y ago
Sounds interesting, but still misses the point of having a modern nation where every single citizen has free health care. Sigh.
- loco5niner 10y agoCurious, how do other nations with free health care handle the homeless that treat hospitals like a free hotel/bed and breakfast (free food and service!). Anecdotally, this is what I'm hearing from my nurse friends in the US recently.
- TheCoelacanth 10y agoSend them to a more appropriate healthcare provider or give them outpatient treatment if they don't have a problem that requires them to be admitted to a hospital?
- loco5niner 10y agoSounds great to me, but (anecdotally, from nursing friends) it doesn't currently work that way. Maybe that can change.
- llamataboot 10y agoThe reason it doesn't work that way is because we don't offer those services. In nearly every study where supportive services were offered to homeless people, they were cheaper and more effective over the long run.
- handedness 10y agoI'm not sure how a system everyone is required to pay into can be described as "free." It may be the better system, but it certainly isn't free.
- loco5niner 10y ago> free health care someone has to pay for it...
- trendia 10y ago> On a recent visit, Ciarlo estimated she had saved at least $100 on prescriptions for standard generic steroids and antibiotics that in total cost her $6. I'd say that's practically free.