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> The USA does not have “poor healthcare”, it has expensive healthcare. So... it does not have healthcare for the poor? That's not good healthcare, is it? > W
by outworlder 7y ago
> The USA does not have “poor healthcare”, it has expensive healthcare.
So... it does not have healthcare for the poor? That's not good healthcare, is it?
> We cannot allow people to think that shitty but cheap and freely available healthcare somehow qualifies as a nation with “good healthcare”.
For some people, it is a choice between shitty healthcare, vs no healthcare.
- refurb 7y agoSo... it does not have healthcare for the poor? Sure it does, it has either Medicaid (almost zero out of pocket) or heavily subsidized (up to 100%) marketplace plans.
- walkingolof 7y agoSo if you are just above “poor” what happens then?
- robocat 7y agoDo Norwegian students have access to Medicaid? If they have travel insurance, would they be covered, or will an exclusion kick in? In many socialised healthcare countries, tourists will get treated for free or cheaply (although you should always have insurance: and you really really want to avoid many facilities in poor countries because they often lack funds to give decent care).
- hogFeast 7y agoMedicare. The US public health care system as a % of GDP is probably 75% of the size of Norway's total healthcare spending...and the US has a private health care system subsidising that worth 3x Norway's total spending as % of GDP. There is a lot of confused thinking on this topic.
- aksss 7y agoWell to his point the headline doesn’t say “poor healthcare system” it says poor healthcare.