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Healthcare is not optional. Therefore leaving it to the markets is unwise. Would you consider leaving policing to the private sector? Perhaps you could have a
by bensummers 17y ago
Healthcare is not optional. Therefore leaving it to the markets is unwise.
Would you consider leaving policing to the private sector? Perhaps you could have a system where you have "civil protection" insurance policies, and the company protects you from crime? I'm sure that'd work really well.
- dantheman 17y agoFood is not optional, Housing is not optional, Clothing & Protection from the Elements is not optional... Would you leave that to the markets? Most people define government as a monopolization of force, so policing must fall under that category.
- davidw 17y agoMost reasonably wealthy countries leave those things to the markets, with some guaranteed minimums for everyone, provided by the government.
- bensummers 17y agoI am right in thinking that even in the US, no-one will be left to starve or without basic accommodation? If I'm right about that, what's so different about healthcare? In the UK, the government provides the basic healthcare, and then you're free to top it up with private health insurance should you want the bells and whistles. Also, since the private health insurance is competing with good healthcare provided for free at point of delivery, they have a wonderful incentive to provide really good value for money.