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Agreed... but you don’t think there is an ugly backend administrator to <insert your favorite public healthcare system>? Of course there is. You don’t think the
by SlowRobotAhead 6y ago
Agreed... but you don’t think there is an ugly backend administrator to <insert your favorite public healthcare system>? Of course there is. You don’t think the NHS has lawyers and billing professionals, they’re there, just behind the scenes.
- paulryanrogers 6y agoPerhaps. Though I'd hope the centralized system is more lean, transparent, and capable than say an opaque market ruled by big players leveraging regulatory capture to fleece patients and providers alike.
- arethuza 6y agoThey have lawyers, but everyone has lawyers over a certain size and the NHS is huge. As for billing, who would they bill - I've never had a bill from the NHS or even heard of someone getting a bill from the NHS? In some parts of the UK you have to pay a small amount for prescription medicines but that doesn't go to the NHS etc. It literally is "free at the point of delivery". Edit: The NHS directly employs about 1.4 million people https://fullfact.org/health/how-many-nhs-employees-are-there/ https://fullfact.org/health/how-many-nhs-employees-are-there... - and that's not including people who work in GP practices or dentists or opticians who do NHS work but aren't employed by the NHS.