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Dear people in the USA. You are behaving like you have to reinvent the wheel. There are good examples of health care systems financed by taxes all around the wo
by sachamps 9y ago
Dear people in the USA. You are behaving like you have to reinvent the wheel. There are good examples of health care systems financed by taxes all around the world. Take a look at some countries in Europe. At the end you'll find out that affordable healthcare won't succeed by any laws you make without a fundamental change in your mindset regarding taxes, capitalism and the role of the government in all of that.
- dogma1138 9y agoYes but not all of them (heck not even most) use a single payer system. Most of Europe either uses a tiered system or mandated insurance. Europe also hasn't switched to universal health care overnight or at the same time and there isn't a universal health care which is globally applied across the EU. A state by state switch to universal health care with national level funding similar to how Medicaid works now is probably the way to go. The argument that you can simply copy a system is flawed. This isn't just a question of mindset but also of an actual implementation and solution. What do you do with all the current HMOs and insurance companies? How do you transition from a privately operated health care system at this scale to a state run one. How do you ensure employment of all current medical professionals while not forcing an industry worth trillions to go bankrupt overnight.