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When I see it in the NYTimes, I assume it means that the health care fairy pays for it. As you've noted, very few people are wonky enough to be able to discern
by coredog64 9y ago
When I see it in the NYTimes, I assume it means that the health care fairy pays for it. As you've noted, very few people are wonky enough to be able to discern any difference between the systems in the UK, France, Germany, and Switzerland. Instead, they're all lumped into "European single payer" regardless of the level of truth or correctness.
- pas 9y agoThat's just bad faith. There are pretty well graspable differences. Germany has both private and public krankenkasse-s (sick people funds, so healthcare insurance providers). The UK has NHS, a big public insurance system. And so on. The economics are pretty well understood, so like climate change, it's not 100%, because it's big and complex as fuck, but a lot more certain, than a 50-50 coin flip. Of course people will have to still pay. The question is, what's the fair amount to ask from people. And it seems a progressive healthcare tax would be fair.