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> It seems insane to me that people would want government to do healthcare It's not government DOING healthcare, it's still private doctors doing it, just it b
by AsyncAwait 9y ago
> It seems insane to me that people would want government to do healthcare
It's not government DOING healthcare, it's still private doctors doing it, just it being free at the point of delivery via a government administered single-payer system.
The reason many government services in the U.S. don't work is because they get defunded to curtail their effectiveness and then scapegoated.
To someone from the EU, it seems barbaric to want to profit off of someone getting sick. You wouldn't want private armies, would you?
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- cabaalis 9y agoYou seem to forget the power of the purse. Providers would not be free to provide Healthcare in their terms. They would be forced to provide it in methods approved by the government.
- AsyncAwait 9y ago> Providers would not be free to provide Healthcare in their terms. They would be forced to provide it in methods approved by the government. I know the "free market" argument is that the providers would innovate etc. but in reality they would just jack up prices where possible. Healthcare shouldn't be for profit, just like prisons, it only encourages bad incentives.