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Well my point was to not compare with rainbows and unicorns but how it works in the real world. Also I'm not saying the US has a better system. But just to ent

Well my point was to not compare with rainbows and unicorns but how it works in the real world. Also I'm not saying the US has a better system. But just to entertain this discussion (big mistake), the problem is that you can't pay for surgery even if you're rich, which means that useful price signals for how to allocate resources are missing. You'll perhaps say: "Well it shouldn't be like that". I agree but there is a reason it ended up like this. My brother doesn't need a serious health event to know (for a reasonable definition of "know") because he has a brain and people to talk to with direct and indirect experience of the system.

simonh 6y ago
>the problem is that you can't pay for surgery even if you're rich, ... Yes you absolutely can, here in the UK I've had private health insurance from my employers for the last 23 years of my career. I'm not aware of any country that outlaws paying for private treatment.
- s1artibartfast 6y ago
  This is the case for some provinces in Canada, and is used as a healthcare boogie man in the USA. At the same time, US politicians for a single payer refuse to state whether private supplemental insurance would be allowed. This mixes up debate between universal coverage and eliminating private insurance entirely. https://www.vox.com/health-care/2019/2/12/18215430/single-payer-private-health-insurance-harris-sanders https://www.vox.com/health-care/2019/2/12/18215430/single-pa...