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In the UK you can choose to purchase private health insurance on top of the state provided health care if you so wish. A quick search suggests the same is true
by noelwelsh 8y ago
In the UK you can choose to purchase private health insurance on top of the state provided health care if you so wish. A quick search suggests the same is true for Canada.
I don't think "proactively healthy people" is the right dividing line. It's more like "wealthy people". The point of the universal system is to provide a reasonable baseline for everyone. In my experience the UK system does this. Of course it has issues. So does the US system. The real debate is about which tradeoffs are preferable at a society-wide level.
- GreenPlastic 8y agoI'm happy to have a public system to raise the baseline and to act as a safety net as long as there's still a private system and employers still provide insurance.
- refurb 8y agoThe Canadian system is bifurcated - a physician has to either accept govt insurance or private insurance, they can’t get both. I think the UK system is a good compromise - if you want more you pay more. Private insurance in Canada tends to cover things the govt system doesn’t.