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Your first sentence requires an 'if you happen to be at least middle class' at the end. Your linked blog assumes that money spent on healthcare in Sweden and t
by AlisdairO 16y ago
Your first sentence requires an 'if you happen to be at least middle class' at the end.
Your linked blog assumes that money spent on healthcare in Sweden and the US offer the same outcomes. This is plainly not the case - the swedish government spends dramatically less than individuals/companies do in the US to provide the same level of care. If, for example, the author subtracted healthcare benefits from US workers, and subtracted them from swedish workers as well, sweden would compare substantially better. One might find similar issues with respect to university spending.
- yummyfajitas 16y agoDo you have evidence that Sweden provides the same level of care? Note that comparing health outcomes is nowhere near convincing. Lots of factors (ethnicity, lifestyle, genetics) affect health outcomes far more than health care quality. The health care gap between Asian and African Americans is 13 years, for instance.
- AlisdairO 16y agoI will certainly admit to having no stats - although your blog post, a more informed source than myself, states that poor americans will experience significantly worse care than in sweden. My other experience is anecdotal - I've known a fair number of swedes, and they've all been satisfied with their healthcare, while people in the US have serious issues with being underinsured and having legitimate claims denied on technicalities. Finally, there's the simple fact that the system in the US obviously encourages high prices. In the insurance-based model, there's little disincentive to performing as much work, necessary or not, as possible.