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> There has never been a law in the US limiting the number of doctors available. There is at least one such limits to about 1/4 of 65.000. And even within that
by conanbatt 8y ago
> There has never been a law in the US limiting the number of doctors available.
There is at least one such limits to about 1/4 of 65.000. And even within that limit they have an irrational amount of extra requirements.
> There was never a law tying healthcare to the employer.
Sorry but in the US, health insurance is provided by the employer because it is a tax-exempt expenditure. Tax it and see wages diminish considerably once employers pass the cost to the employees.
> So we need universal coverage like the rest of the civilized world....
The uncivilized world also has universal coverage. That should be a red flag, shouldn't it?
- scarface74 8y agoSorry but in the US, health insurance is provided by the employer because it is a tax-exempt expenditure. Tax it and see wages diminish considerably once employers pass the cost to the employees. Employers already pass the cost to employees through lower wages. The uncivilized world also has universal coverage. That should be a red flag, shouldn't it? reply Yes, that in this regard the US is worst than a third world country...
- conanbatt 8y agoThey don’t pass to the employee the marginal tax rate pf the health benefit, which by the way is a very regressive policy. And you would be very wrong to believe healthcare in the us is worse than in third world socialized medicine countries. You will find horror stories galore as well as all other kinds of trade offs you wouldn’t accept.