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US health spend is bigger than the GDP of every country on that list. The biggest employer in nearly every congressional district is a healthcare system. It’s p
by junofan 4y ago
US health spend is bigger than the GDP of every country on that list. The biggest employer in nearly every congressional district is a healthcare system. It’s politically difficult.
- Arnt 4y agoYou make it sound as if closing nearly half of a country's hospital beds is politically simple. Was done. Or as if nationalising most of a state's hospitals is politically simple. Was done. (In some people's opinion, not mine, but lots of people described it in those words, so it's a fair way to describe the political controversy of the reform.) It's possible to learn how these things were done, or it's possible to just give up and say it's politically difficult.
- emodendroket 4y agoSince Medicare has served as a model for some countries that provided universal care, I don’t think lessons are what we need. The problem is overcoming strong, bipartisan opposition.