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You’re wrong. In Canada and most countries with government single payer insurance you can buy private supplemental insurance that covers more elective or less n
by erentz 7y ago
You’re wrong. In Canada and most countries with government single payer insurance you can buy private supplemental insurance that covers more elective or less necessary things the single payer doesn’t. I haven’t seen a Medicare for All proposal that bans that.
- adrr 7y ago"About 27.6% of Canadians' healthcare is paid for through the private sector. This mostly goes towards services not covered or partially covered by Medicare, such as prescription drugs, dentistry and optometry. Some 75% of Canadians have some form of supplementary private health insurance; many of them receive it through their employers.[63]" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthcare_in_Canada https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthcare_in_Canada If a quarter of spending is paid by private, it isn't single payer.
- erentz 7y agoNo. You said that in Canada you can choose between the public insurer or a private insurer. You cannot. You framed this comparison incorrectly this way in order to promote the idea of a public option which is very different. In Canada everyone gets the public single payer insurance. The parts that the public single payer insurance does not cover can be covered by buying supplemental private insurance. That is not a public option scenario.
- surewhynat 7y agoYou know healthcare isn't just dental and eye exams right? Canada covers 100% of everything that isn't dental and eye exams. Also, your insulin shot doesn't cost $1000+ in Canada either. You're a troll, bolstering false information.
- adrr 7y agoDoesn't cover prescription drugs.
- surewhynat 7y agoDon't take the Canadian medical system out of context. BASELINE medical which exists for ALL CANADIANS covers vast majority of procedures. Heart Attack? Included. Stroke? Included. Broken Leg? Included. Black Eye? Included. Got a nasty bug on your trip? Included. You only have to pay for some additional items like eye exam and dental. Most expensive common dental procedure: wisdom teeth removal, root canal ... Total cost is under $10,000... How about the optician? The most expensive eye exam? Usually free if you buy a pair of glasses. Glasses start at $100. Drugs can be expensive, but, guess what? They're free if you're under 25. If you're over 25, it's still covered a lot by the federal government first. You pay less than what it costs in America. What's our trick? We have price caps on procedures instead of each hospital feeling like it has to engage in a nonsense cat-and-mouse pricing term negotiation game.
- vidarh 7y agoBy that argument there isn't any single payer healthcare systems in the world. The reality is that when people talk about "single payer" they talk about systems where the essential services are insured by a single entity, not a system without any private healthcare, because none exists.