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Yet another problem that can be solved by a single payer system that can negotiate reasonable prices and doesn't need to profit off its members suffering and de
by mnm1 9y ago
Yet another problem that can be solved by a single payer system that can negotiate reasonable prices and doesn't need to profit off its members suffering and death. Get rid of the insurance companies and you get rid of this problem and a whole lot more.
- briandear 9y agoSuch a simplistic view. Cancer death rates in the UK are 255 per 100,000; in the U.S. they are about 163 per 100,000. It’s not so black and white that “single payer is better.” Health care is always going by to be a scarce resource and it follows the laws of economics just like anything else. It isn’t immune to reality just because it’s important.
- phaemon 9y ago> Cancer death rates in the UK are 255 per 100,000 No they're not. Cancer mortality rates (per 100,000) are: UK: 109.97, USA: 105.78, Spain: 98.06, Australia: 96.36 > It’s not so black and white that “single payer is better.” In the vast majority of measures, it clearly is. ( Stats from: http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/health-professional/cancer-statistics/worldwide-cancer/mortality#heading-Zero http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/health-professional/cancer-s... )