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That article is from 2013 and predicts crisis in as little as 3 years. It's 2017. Be careful with articles about single payer healthcare systems in the US. M
by mhneu 10y ago
That article is from 2013 and predicts crisis in as little as 3 years. It's 2017.
Be careful with articles about single payer healthcare systems in the US. Most similar countries to the US have functional single payer plans. It's a false talking point pushed by conservative media that those systems don't work well. Conservative media pushes those falsehoods because the media is funded by the very wealthy and those who want to cut taxes to line their own pockets at the expense of most Americans.
- ThomPete 10y agoAnd the french started cutting benefits already in 2014 to make sure that didn't happen.
- mhneu 10y agoRight. So you're saying the French single payer system works, with political modification as needed over time. The issue that might make single payer difficult in America is we don't trust our political system to manage good programs, because the GOP is committed to destroying government (to benefit the super rich) rather than trying to get things done.
- ThomPete 10y agoNo I am saying what I said originally that there are issues with the single payer system as it's based on tax money and thus can't make it's own money.