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There are countries with private healthcare that works (And IS better than public healthcare). The problem is specific to USA.

by Rucadi 5y ago

gruez 5y ago
>There are countries with private healthcare that works list them?
- mabub24 5y ago
  Switzerland has a system that basically works like a beefed up and less hogtied ACA. It's a very heavily regulated private market that would likely not be considered ideal for America, though some have suggested it as an option.
  - _huayra_ 5y ago
    Basically the LaMal basic insurance is not allowed to make a profit, so you get them aggressively trying to upsell you on complementary insurance.
- iammisc 5y ago
  Israel has a private system with lots of regulations. It is private though
- pseudoramble 5y ago
  Agreed - I'd like to see the list too, because I'm genuinely interested in trying to find a better health care system than what the US has. I like poking around through here to compare and contrast options: https://www.commonwealthfund.org/international-health-policy-center/system-profiles https://www.commonwealthfund.org/international-health-policy.... Some things I notice mainly are that the countries with private health insurance have at least two other things the US lacks: 1. They provide universal health care. 2. They have regulations of the market. How they go about doing that varies a bit, but I believe these are critical points we miss for all the various reasons we see in this link and in many other discussions on the topic. I think often in the US when we talk about private-sector, we also implicitly also mean for-profit, whereas many of the other options require them to be private non-profits. I think it's notable they are de-prioritized or outright banned, though I'll admit I don't really know if this is a critical detail or not. So I think to the GP point, perhaps this is a way to change private sector options for the better?

There are countries with private healthcare that works (And IS better than public healthcare). The problem is specific to USA.

by Rucadi 5y ago

There are countries with private healthcare that works (And IS better than public healthcare). The problem is specific to USA.

gruez 5y ago

>There are countries with private healthcare that works list them?

mabub24 5y ago
Switzerland has a system that basically works like a beefed up and less hogtied ACA. It's a very heavily regulated private market that would likely not be considered ideal for America, though some have suggested it as an option.
- _huayra_ 5y ago
  Basically the LaMal basic insurance is not allowed to make a profit, so you get them aggressively trying to upsell you on complementary insurance.
iammisc 5y ago
Israel has a private system with lots of regulations. It is private though
pseudoramble 5y ago
Agreed - I'd like to see the list too, because I'm genuinely interested in trying to find a better health care system than what the US has. I like poking around through here to compare and contrast options: https://www.commonwealthfund.org/international-health-policy-center/system-profiles https://www.commonwealthfund.org/international-health-policy.... Some things I notice mainly are that the countries with private health insurance have at least two other things the US lacks: 1. They provide universal health care. 2. They have regulations of the market. How they go about doing that varies a bit, but I believe these are critical points we miss for all the various reasons we see in this link and in many other discussions on the topic. I think often in the US when we talk about private-sector, we also implicitly also mean for-profit, whereas many of the other options require them to be private non-profits. I think it's notable they are de-prioritized or outright banned, though I'll admit I don't really know if this is a critical detail or not. So I think to the GP point, perhaps this is a way to change private sector options for the better?