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> The ultimate solution is [...] making for-profit health insurance illegal. > Every other free country in the world has [...] ... and most also have private
by kube-system 3y ago
> The ultimate solution is [...] making for-profit health insurance illegal.
> Every other free country in the world has [...]
... and most also have private health insurance too. Some have a higher percentage of people with private health insurance than even the US does, often in a supplementary role.
- wharvle 3y agoYep. The single thing they all seem to do that the US doesn’t isn’t eliminate private health insurance, but institute price controls—one way or another. Some with literal price sheets (Japan), others by creating a government-controlled monopsony of some sort (Canada), others by taking over healthcare providers themselves so the government can set prices (er, well… compensation) directly (the UK). Well, and I’m not sure any others have a problem like we do with the AMA.
- dmos62 3y agoPrivate or public doesn't really matter as long as the prices are sensible. I recently learned that you can pay as much as 1k dollars a month (not a typo) for regular health insurance in US, whereas I pay ~55 euros a month for mine. Median salary here is around 1k euros a month. I pay around 15-25% taxes.
- nielsbot 3y ago(Not sure if you're arguing for or against a privatized health insurance system) I guess that countries that provide public health insurance don't have people skipping doctor visits because of costs, even if the majority of residence also have private insurance.
- kube-system 3y agoI’m not arguing for either. I’m just pointing out that the “other countries” the parent commenter is referring to as a benchmark didn’t eliminate private health insurance.
- otikik 3y agoWell we do know how much we are going to get charged by private hospitals, at least.