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Other countries, yes even in Europe, have better healthcare than us with multi-payer systems. Medicare for All is a joke.
by kapuasuite 7y ago
Other countries, yes even in Europe, have better healthcare than us with multi-payer systems. Medicare for All is a joke.
- ska 7y agoOther countries have better healthcare with single payer systems also.
- tptacek 7y agoDoesn't that strongly suggest that the structure of the payer side is not as outcome-determinative as advocates (for M4A, or for conservative reforms like across-state-lines insurance) make it out to be? What if payer structure really is a sideshow? What if we can make single payer work, or make private insurance work, but doing either job perfectly doesn't make care affordable in the US?
- bduerst 7y agoMedicare for all doesn't eliminate other payers, and is more similar to the European system than what we have now.
- dragonwriter 7y ago> Medicare for all doesn't eliminate other payers The Sanders bill does eliminate most other payers (except for the VA). Other candidates with plans (or vague descriptions of plans) borrowing the name sometimes do, and sometimes do not, and sometimes are not entirely clear (or consistent over time) as to which category they fall into.
- rayiner 7y agoThere is no "European system." Many European countries don't have a single payer, or even a "public option." The Netherlands has something quite close to ACA, for example. Germany has non-profit, but numerous, insurance companies.