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> Why a collapse versus finding new process and iterating on existing ones until we find a system that other models can transition to? were you not around for
by pasquinelli 4y ago
> Why a collapse versus finding new process and iterating on existing ones until we find a system that other models can transition to?
were you not around for the obamacare debate? i was, and it was made perfectly clear that a majority in the house and senate + the presidency, all in theory working toward the same thing, couldn't really change anything.
without legal intervention, who's iterating and innovating process? and to what end?
- int_19h 4y agoIt doesn't have to come at the federal level. Americans who support public healthcare generally seem to like how it works in Canada, but few seem to be aware that the Canadian system originated with the provinces - one adopted public healthcare, the voters liked it, another province followed suit etc. Eventually the feds noticed and got involved to coordinate matters, but even today, any province could, in theory, leave the federal system entirely and run their own - it's just that anyone proposing that would be committing political suicide. If Canada could do it that way, why not US?
- jtbayly 4y agoYeah, I just went back and re-read the article’s Canadian statistic… “In Canada waiting times have reached an all-time high, with a median delay of half a year between referral and treatment.” I’ll pass, thanks.
- Jochim 4y agoA lot less dead mothers[0] and babies though! Swings and roundabouts and all that. Keep killing those kids [0] https://www.statista.com/statistics/1240400/maternal-mortality-rates-worldwide-by-country/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1240400/maternal-mortali...
- stackedinserter 4y agoCanadian health care system in the current state is not something that you want to copy. It's failing apart in all provinces and I would say it's a year or two from total collapse. We already have areas that closed ER for a few weeks.