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A large subset of the US does have socialized medicine. Medicare (65 million people), Medicaid (75 million people), and the military health system (10 million p
by merpnderp 5y ago
A large subset of the US does have socialized medicine. Medicare (65 million people), Medicaid (75 million people), and the military health system (10 million people).
That’s nearly half the US population.
- burmanm 5y agoThat insurance isn't socialized medicine. In Europe for example, the hospital is owned by the government/state/etc, the doctors are hired directly by the hospital, the medicine costs are directly set by the state and so on. No private parties at all.
- triceratops 5y ago> In Europe for example, the hospital is owned by the government/state/etc, Europe is a big place with many different types of systems. What you're describing sounds like the UK. But places like NL[1] or DE[2] are more like Medicare/aid for all (basic coverage) + Obamacare (mandatory private insurance, sometimes supplementary). The providers may be private practitioners. NB: I'm not an expert in these systems so I may have gotten some details wrong. My main point is that "European healthcare" isn't a monolith and it's not all state-owned. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthcare_in_the_Netherlands https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthcare_in_the_Netherlands https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthcare_in_Germany https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthcare_in_Germany