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Each US state is a lot smaller than the US. So imagine for a moment each US state individually implements it. That is obviously possible. So following this thin
by mbrodersen 9y ago
Each US state is a lot smaller than the US. So imagine for a moment each US state individually implements it. That is obviously possible. So following this thinking, that should make you realise that size (in this case) does not matter. Of course the US can implement something like this. Except that the US is a plutocracy and not a democracy => no political will.
- smallnamespace 9y ago> That is obviously possible It actually isn't in any simple fashion. What happens if state A implements health care much better than the state next door, so everyone flocks to state A and deluges the hospitals? Do you make so that only state residents get the 'state rate' for health care? What about the people who are stuck in the poor, badly managed states that get left behind?
- gnaritas 9y agoYou're entirely missing his point; imagine all states implement the exact same system, if that'll work, then it'll work for the nation as a whole, size is irrelevant. Yes, there are other factors at play, but he's addressing the size issue, not the other factors, so your objections are off point.
- nradov 9y agoBut some states already have implemented health care much better than the other states next door. We have a natural experiment occurring right now. And yet people don't seem to be flocking to those states. When you move your legal residence from one state to another you are considered a resident of that state almost immediately.