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I live in a single payer country. I can absolutely go to a private hospital and do what I want at my own expense (assuming it's passed the equivalent of FDA).
by desas 13y ago
I live in a single payer country. I can absolutely go to a private hospital and do what I want at my own expense (assuming it's passed the equivalent of FDA).
My wife has limited private health insurance. I can buy private health insurance.
- gojomo 13y agoYour country might have a more liberal system than others. Which country?
- desas 13y agoThe poster child for socialised medicine, the UK.
- gojomo 13y agoInteresting. This doctor reports that some UK private insurance options, which have coexisted with the NHS since its inception, are banned in Canada: http://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2012/01/16/the-awkward-world-of-private-insurance-in-the-uk/ http://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2012/01/16/the-awkward-wor... My point is that "single-payer" doesn't mean one specific thing, and the implementation details in different political systems matter.
- novalis78 13y agoI lived in a single payer country. I still remember how depressing it was at the end of each month looking at my paycheck. The amount of overhead and false incentives such a nationalized or semi-nationalized health care system generates truly paralyzes - not just the economy at large. You can get pretty decent prices for medical treatments in the US, but you always have to ask and price shop. Certain things seem more expensive then elsewhere. It's interesting to note how the great quality and extreme competition of dental care providers in former Eastern European countries have driven price down. Many people living in the neighboring socialized welfare funded health care systems take a bus/plane and get their teeth fixed in the "capitalist" alternative in the former communist countries. Oh the irony.