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Have we seen innovation and efficiency in countries that have implemented these sorts of things?
by all2 3y ago
Have we seen innovation and efficiency in countries that have implemented these sorts of things?
- notyourwork 3y agoPlease share anecdotes and not make random dismissive claims as a reply.
- pdntspa 3y agoProbably not as much as one might want on a forum for american business types and their nihilistic thirst for efficiency, but my own anecdata suggests a lot of regular folks are quite content with their socialized health system.
- gumby 3y ago> their nihilistic thirst for efficiency In practice this mostly means removing resiliency from the system so that it does in fact cost less in the successful steady state but is fragile in the face of any disruption. This is why it worked so well for management consultants in the 80s and 90s: get the win right away, get paid, then après moi le déluge.
- pdntspa 3y agoExactly. And it always only ever benefits those at the top. I am of the opinion that good business requires leaving money on the table, sometimes lots of it. It is the slack in the system that keeps so many happily employed and maintains resilience in the network itself.
- gumby 3y agoI wish supply chain people and networking people would talk.
- darkr 3y agoCan’t speak for innovation, but on efficiency; in terms of percentage of GDP spend (which is also significantly greater per capita on the US side); the US spends greater than 65% more of GDP than Portugal on healthcare but has among the worst overall outcomes of the ”developed” world. It is the most expensive healthcare system in the world that provides excellent healthcare for the richest people in the world (perhaps in the top 3 for this category of “customer”), but in terms of efficiency, outcomes, and statistics that matter for the general population, it is barely in the top 30.