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All the more reason to take economics out of it and provide health coverage via universal single payer insurance.

• davidw 15y ago
  I'm pretty happy with the health care system here in Italy. It's so much less of a hassle than in the US: get sick? go to the doctor, no paperwork, no forms to fill out (which, in Italy, is really something of a minor miracle), but "economics" are always with us, because health care is a scarce good.
  • RyanMcGreal 15y ago
    > health care is a scarce good. It's true that every health care system rations care. The difference is that a universal system rations based on medical need (triage) whereas a market system rations based on ability to pay.
    • simplefish 15y ago
      This is not true. Your ideal universal system may ration on medical need. There might even be one in existence that does so... ...but I really doubt it.