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Healthcare is already rationed in the U.S. It's rationed everywhere, by definition, because there isn't (to my knowledge, anyway) any country where the (price-a
by michaelochurch 12y ago
Healthcare is already rationed in the U.S. It's rationed everywhere, by definition, because there isn't (to my knowledge, anyway) any country where the (price-agnostic) demand for resources isn't more than the supply.
It's just rationed in an inhumane, stupid way in the U.S.
No one from the industrialized world comes "to the U.S." because of a severe illness. Rather, people come to specific doctors for new procedures, or to have the one surgeon in the world who's done Risky Procedure X a hundred times instead of four. If that doctor's in Paris, they go to France. If he's at Mount Sinai, they go to New York. If he's at Hopkins, they go to Baltimore. But no one from the industrialized world comes to the US itself for its not-that-great-overall healthcare system, and no one has for over 30 years.
- refurb 12y agoIf the US is the country with the top notch doctors, then how to you separate "they are going to the best doctor" to "they are going to the country with the best doctor"?
- michaelochurch 12y agoThe US isn't the country with top-notch doctors. There are some top-notch doctors in the US.