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The solution is definitely single-payer. Otherwise you can't hope to eliminate the administrative bloat that is a Hallmark of the system and is responsible for
by defterGoose 7y ago
The solution is definitely single-payer. Otherwise you can't hope to eliminate the administrative bloat that is a Hallmark of the system and is responsible for so much of the extra cost.
- take_a_breath 7y agoGermany, Japan, Singapore and others seem to do it. If getting everyone covered at reasonable cost is the goal, single-payer is factually not the only solution.
- masklinn 7y agoTaiwan built up their universal healthcare system from scratch in 1995.
- claudeganon 7y agoGermany has a public option that covers a lot of people and the insurance industry is regulated to a degree that would make CEOs in the US scream, Japan has a draconian price schedule under a single payer system, and Singapore is more or less a managed economy dictatorship. These examples aren’t like each other nor evidence of the impracticality of a single payer system in the US.
- take_a_breath 7y agoArguing that these are too extreme actually weakens the case for single-payer because that would require more regulation and more draconian pricing. Meanwhile we could look at even more countries like The Netherlands, Switzerland, or even Denmark, Bernie Sanders’ favorite country to cite, managed without single-payer.
- claudeganon 7y agoI never argued that they were too extreme, only that referencing disparate systems in contrast to the US’ amounts to little more than a vague, incoherent gesture. I personally think we should have a nationalized health service.
- take_a_breath 7y agoThey weren’t referenced in contrast to the US system. They were referenced as countries without single-payer healthcare that still manage universal healthcare. It’s neither vague or incoherent to point out how many different ways exist to solve a problem, only someone with an agenda could think so.
- digi59404 7y agoMaybe think about fixing the system itself instead of wiping it out almost entirely and invoking the devastating unintended consequences. Despite what you say, it can be fixed, and can be resolved.