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Two high-risk demographics for inadequate medical care. Something I hadn't thought about up until this point, would socialized healthcare improve the situation
by johnnyjeans 2y ago
Two high-risk demographics for inadequate medical care. Something I hadn't thought about up until this point, would socialized healthcare improve the situation for natives? I foresee a lot of legal boilerplate and additional acts required to interface with the reservations on a healthcare basis. On top of that, the wealthy reservations already have their own system which is much more equitable than the national one. The reservations that are struggling, where these figures are the worst, are very rural. I'm not aware of any country where rural access to healthcare is "very good". Certainly we'd see some kind of improvement with stronger, more centralized federal support... but would we even reach adequate levels?
- throwawaymaths 2y agoThere already is socialized medicine provided to native Americans (IHS, if you were not aware).
- OneDeuxTriSeiGo 2y agoJust because the program exists doesn't mean native americans are getting good access to healthcare. Likewise you'd expect that native americans would have access to drinking water given that the government provides some amount of guarantees for that as well but substantial portions of the reservations in the southwest have been systematically denied water rights and as such have limited access to drinking water.
- throwawaymaths 2y agoYou made my point exactly. Why do you think "socialized healthcare" would ameliorate the situation that native Americans are high risk?