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Most of those other systems have price controls for everything, like Medicare does in the U.S. The U.S. is different because we allow corporations to lobby/bri
by mikem170 5y ago
Most of those other systems have price controls for everything, like Medicare does in the U.S.
The U.S. is different because we allow corporations to lobby/bribe/buy politicians, which most other developed countries consider to be corruption.
So we have a health care system optimized for profits, not people.
- handrous 5y agoBingo, see my post elsewhere in this thread :-) I'm no expert but have been reading about this for a couple decades now, and the consistent element in every non-US system in developed countries, despite a vast variety of approaches, is indeed price controls, either explicit or de facto. I'm highly skeptical of any reform attempt in the US that doesn't have that as a central element, due to, you know, gestures at the rest of the world.