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But on the positive side for single-payer healthcare, there's no upper bound on how much you get to consume, subject to medical necessity. The problem is that
by guyzero 12y ago
But on the positive side for single-payer healthcare, there's no upper bound on how much you get to consume, subject to medical necessity.
The problem is that medical problems are financially bimodal: they tend to be pretty cheap (take some antibiotics) or incredibly expensive (you need dialysis or you have a brain tumour).
So unless you have some sort of useful insurance plan that covers people and minor dependents for less than what you're getting in basic income you'll end up with the problem of people who are unable to get serious medical conditions treated. And making medical treatments universally accessible is part of the point of most single-payer healthcare systems.
- nickff 12y agoYou are right that single payer has a number of theoretical advantages, and I never meant to imply that single payer healthcare was prima facie 'bad'. I was only attempting to point out some major differences between single payer healthcare systems and the basic income.