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Yeah. Italy has a universal healthcare system funded from taxes, and not only are they now a major cluster of coronavirus infection and spread, their healthcare
by makomk 7y ago
Yeah. Italy has a universal healthcare system funded from taxes, and not only are they now a major cluster of coronavirus infection and spread, their healthcare system ended up helping to spread the virus. Supposedly their healthcare is some of the best in the world overall too.
- rm_-rf_slash 7y agoThe difference is getting tested or treated in Italy won’t bankrupt you like it will in the US.
- jkingsbery 7y agoAlso: China has (near) universal health care. (https://www.internations.org/go/moving-to-china/healthcare#how-does-the-healthcare-system-work-in-china https://www.internations.org/go/moving-to-china/healthcare#h..., https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168851015001864 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016885101...) With universal health insurance, you're at the mercy of the government. If the government chooses not to cover your issue, or if the government tells you "you're not sick so stop telling people you are," that's too bad. The same thing happens in private insurance, to be sure (minus the "if you say bad things about us we'll put you in jail" part), since people get denied. With government run health care, you have fewer alternatives though. You can't try some other doctor to see if that one will work financially (since it's the same entity footing the bill ultimately). There's no alternate system or provider to go to (you can't do much to get better health coverage for next time).
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- rasz 7y agoYes, its amazing what difference actually testing people versus telling nurses to sent patients home makes.