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Is there a successful example of the US government solving a Universal Healthcare type of problem? Perhaps at a much smaller scale? Maybe some of our military l
by ben_jones 8y ago
Is there a successful example of the US government solving a Universal Healthcare type of problem? Perhaps at a much smaller scale? Maybe some of our military logistics, the space race, etc.?
I'm very supportive of universal healthcare but even I doubt in the governments capability to pull it off, we couldn't even pull off healthcare.gov without massive waste.
Regardless I will continue to support it even if it means a generational hit to get it right.
- tdeck 8y agoYes, it's called Medicare.
- conanbatt 8y agoMedicare is expensive per capita, and also is not self-sustaining: it needs people paying and not getting benefits to subsist. The entire social security paycheck wouldn't cover the cost of medicare per capita.
- jrockway 8y agoThe government has successfully solved many large-scale infrastructure problems. Have you ever driven somewhere on a road? Was that road funded by you paying for a "road subscription" or as a benefit from your employer? Probably not. The government built it, and there are a lot of them. I don't see why healthcare is any different. People wanted roads, so we built roads. People want healthcare, so we should build healthcare. It's the same exact thing.