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Mexico's President Sheinbaum Decrees Universal Healthcare for 120M
- xvxvx 7mo agoThey’ll need that wall for all the Americans heading to Mexico for healthcare.
- jerlam 7mo agoIt's for Mexican citizens only.
- paulnpace 7mo agoAnd, of course, they will prove it using their digital IDs.
- technate4eva 7mo ago[dead]
- testing22321 7mo agoTwo decades ago the running joke was that if the border ever opened you’d have to hold onto a palm tree because of all the Americans stampeding south. That joke was told by the many tens of thousands of US expats living in Mexico, and those coming down for dental, doctors and prescriptions
- el_sinchi 7mo ago[dead]
- quinncom 7mo agoMexico already has “universal healthcare.” The public hospitals are so bad and chaotic that most people who can afford to pay private insurance so they can go to private hospitals. The article doesn't state explicitly, but I guess this new decree changes the qualifying rules. For example, that even if you have private insurance, you can still access public healthcare facilities. I don't see how this is going to work unless they also improve the resources to the public facilities.
- mchusma 7mo agoWithout knowing much this seems kind of reasonable? Some baseline of care but not enough that most people will opt it. If I could make universal healthcare in the US it would be something like: - free generic meds where there are at least 3 independent low cost providers. - free ai diagnostic tools - tax breaks on healthcare spending - catastrophic insurance @ fixed prices for various diseases (eg if you get colon cancer you get $30,000 for treatments. Basically whatever the low end of reasonable is, to invent you to price shop etc.). These numbers should keep being adjusted down over time as people get more efficient at treating. - maybe up to $400 per year on various preventative tests. And remove most other regulations on healthcare (including banning employer insurance). If the government provided this, the cost for private healthcare would plummet. People would have free access to diagnostic and drugs better than anything you had 20 years ago (2006). Which is pretty incredible!
- nielsbot 7mo agoWhy not just do Medicare For All?
- msla 7mo ago> Medicare For All Nobody who relies on Medicare would say that. The people who say it want a fantasy Medicare that doesn't exist. https://www.medicare.gov/providers-services/original-medicare/not-covered https://www.medicare.gov/providers-services/original-medicar... Some of the items and services Medicare doesn’t cover include: Eye exams (for prescription eyeglasses) Long-term care Cosmetic surgery Massage therapy Routine physical exams Hearing aids and exams for fitting them Most dental care: In most cases, Original Medicare doesn't cover dental services like routine cleanings, filings, tooth extractions, or items like dentures.
- distances 7mo agoJust as a data point, depending on a country of course, the European public healthcare systems don't cover some/most/any of these either. For example the eye exams for glasses are usually done at the store where you buy the glasses and included in the price, dental might be covered only for children, routine physical exams may not exist as a concept, etc.
- vivzkestrel 7mo agoand where is this money going to come from?
- ProllyInfamous 7mo agoThis will reduce the healthcare expenditure, per capita. A great counterexample would be the USA — which despite the highest global expenditure, per citizien, has among the lowest life expectancies / healthcare outcomes.
- laughing_man 7mo agoThe US does not have "among the lowest" life expectancy. We're just out of the top quartile. And that has less to do with the quality of American health care and more to do with obesity and sedentary lifestyles. I expect with the more widespread introduction of GLP-1 receptor agonists you're going to see a jump in American longevity.
- vrganj 7mo agoThe US has a lower life expectancy than Cuba (!). Despite decades of illegal blockade, despite economic warfare.
- laughing_man 7mo agoThe Cubans are quite a bit thinner than Americans.
- ProllyInfamous 7mo agoAmerican healthcare is fantastic — best in the world – IF you can afford it. Certainly there are multiple factors at play (for longevity) [0]. I know nothing — dropped out of medical school almost twenty years ago. Won't participate in private health insurances (Dr. ER). [0] USA #55 (2023) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expectancy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expe...>