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This is one of those moments where you realize how frustrating the discourse is that Everyone Just Knows the US doesn't have government-run health insurance. T
by ajross 2y ago
This is one of those moments where you realize how frustrating the discourse is that Everyone Just Knows the US doesn't have government-run health insurance. The US invented government-run health insurance. And Medicare has its warts, but works extremely well on the whole.
- silverquiet 2y agoThe US has multiple government run single-payers. I remember being told six, but I remember Medicare, Medicaid, and the VA. What the US does not have is universal healthcare, though I think we spend something like as much of a percentage of GDP on our non-universal government systems as other countries do on their universal healthcare, and then again we spend more GDP on private. All for worse outcomes than those other countries (though we can do some really impressive stuff if you're rich). It's quite a racket for sure.
- vharuck 2y ago1. Medicaid, 2. Medicare, 3. Military, 4. VA, 5. Indian Health Services Maybe 6 is Medicaid through a managed care plan.
- WarOnPrivacy 2y ago> Maybe 6 is Medicaid through a managed care plan. House of Representatives and Senate offices will provide health coverage to Members of Congress and designated staff through the Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP). https://www.opm.gov/frequently-asked-questions/insure-faq/health/how-will-members-of-congress-and-designated-staff-obtain-health-coverage/ https://www.opm.gov/frequently-asked-questions/insure-faq/he...
- wiether 2y agoI was always told that the first instance came in Germany in 1883, so I would love to hear about what happened earlier in the US?