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So you have an employer paying tens of thousands a year to get you health insurance, leading to a situation where only the most well off can have access to heal
by ohgodplsno 3y ago
So you have an employer paying tens of thousands a year to get you health insurance, leading to a situation where only the most well off can have access to healthcare. The NHS is struggling because there's a shit load of people to treat with very little means. The US healthcare system is doing well because it leeches money off of the most well off and lets the poorest die.
- scott_w 3y agoThe NHS is struggling because the Tory government is deliberately running it down. You didn’t see the many crises it faces under Labour.
- ohgodplsno 3y agoAlso yes, starving the beast is their favourite activity.
- ztrww 3y agoI think https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD?locations=US-GB-DE-FR https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD?location... combined with ever increasing inequality offers a much better explanation. Inequality is high in the US too but at least they have a lot of growth which means that the bottom 80% or so are at least not getting poorer.
- ztrww 3y ago> money off of the most well off and lets the poorest die. A very significant proportion of US population is covered by Medicaid and if more if you add Medicare. In fact the US government spends almost 50% more on healthcare than Britain does (and that’s only public spending..). The problem is that the system is simply extremely inefficient. Just look at Switzerland healthcare is privatized to a much higher degree than in the US yet still more accessible…