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Why not look at medicare's track record instead ? Its extremely popular with all its users
by amusedcyclist 5y ago
Why not look at medicare's track record instead ? Its extremely popular with all its users
- Kalium 5y agoPopularity and efficacy are wildly different metrics. Further, Medicare is not a system that gets away from the private healthcare industry that parent was criticizing. The VA's integrated system largely does.
- vidarh 5y agoA whole lot of the universal healthcare systems elsewhere also does not "get away from the private healthcare industry". Many countries with universal cover have private hospitals providing the services or private insurers providing part of the insurance solutions, or both, without incurring the problems of the US model. Here's a first step to solving the US problem: Remove the legal restrictions on Medicare preventing it from negotiating best possible prices, and reinvest whatever it manages to save on expanding coverage.