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A good summary of the political economy that surrounds the US healthcare system is that people want healthcare that's: - fast - efficient - no restriction
by skwb 8y ago
A good summary of the political economy that surrounds the US healthcare system is that people want healthcare that's:
- fast
- efficient
- no restrictions on hospitals, doctors, or treatment
- financed by taxes on the rich (defined in whoever is in a tax bracket higher than themselves)
Now this is obviously untenable. In my professional estimation (ex-health policy analyst) I think you CAN have a public option be viable. But financing it will likely have to be done by expanding revenue through middle class tax hikes (not just millionaires), which never fend very well in our current political climate.
- ThrowMeDown01 8y agoSomehow you missed that the main point of the article being discussed here is - again! - that the US already pays more than the other top countries and receives less. Somehow that doesn't fit what you wrote at all, it's the exact opposite, to get better care you could do with less money. So where do you get that "we would have to raise taxes" from?