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Nothing is free. Even where health care is extremely generously subsidized, there are tradeoffs. People over certain ages or in various categories are refused s
by AlchemistCamp 3y ago
Nothing is free. Even where health care is extremely generously subsidized, there are tradeoffs. People over certain ages or in various categories are refused services, including life-saving ones like dialysis. Many of them pay to go to American hospitals for treatment.
Ultimately, the supply of healthcare is increasing, but still finite. The demand for healthcare is unlimited.
- totallywrong 3y agoThere are countries with universal health care (e.g. Spain) where you will never be denied any treatment, and it's "free" (obviously the active workforce pays a social security tax) and available to everyone.
- AlchemistCamp 3y agoThat’s not what Amnesty International’s report said: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/04/spain-cruel-austerity-measures-leave-patients-suffering/ https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/04/spain-cruel-a... Your claim is fundamentally impossible. Regardless of what kind of system is used to subsidize care, there’s still a problem of allocating limited resources. It’s always a tradeoff between prices (or levels of subsidization), eligibility requirements and, at the margins, waiting times. The desire for health care is virtually limitless. Spain could literally spend its entire GDP on medical care and not meet everyone’s needs.
- totallywrong 3y agoEh, come on, don't give me some old article talking about anecdotes in exceptional times of crisis, just to substantiate your point about a system you've never experienced and have no clue about.