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I believe parent referred to Medicare as a subset in American health care that is socialized, to some degree.
by rm_-rf_slash 5y ago
I believe parent referred to Medicare as a subset in American health care that is socialized, to some degree.
- krageon 5y agoI guess I am mostly alone in thinking that for a system to be socialised, it has to apply to everyone or almost everyone in a country equally. From the comments and the voting, I understand that having it apply to "almost" half the population is already socialised to this time slot :)
- refurb 5y agoSo by your definition much of Europe (which has a robust private healthcare system) isn’t socialized?
- krageon 5y agoEurope isn't a country and doesn't have uniform policies in this way. It also doesn't have things as an entity (except for a selection of laws that it's members implement differently in most cases). Because of those facts, I have trouble even formulating a response to your question - it doesn't make sense to me.
- refurb 5y agoMuch of Europe has a mix of public and private healthcare, hence by your argument, none of those countries have socialized medicine.