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> The US, supposedly the most advanced nation on Earth has the worst notion of all: health care for profit. I presume that in your socialist medical system doc
by wtbob 12y ago
> The US, supposedly the most advanced nation on Earth has the worst notion of all: health care for profit.
I presume that in your socialist medical system doctors, nurses, drug chemists, medical feathers and so forth would still get paid, right? Guess what? That's profit.
There's plenty wrong with our health care system. Much of it is due to the insurance idea. Much of it is regulatory. Much of it is structural. Single payer wouldn't really address any of that (not even the insurance bit: it'd be insurance writ large). What we need is for everyone to pay for what he receives, with charity/welfare for the indigent. It works for food; it works for medicine.
- lawnchair_larry 12y agoNo, it doesn't. That's been proven wrong by the entire developed world.
- forca 12y agoEasy. Set limits on salaries. All medical schools become government owned and run. Doctors graduate with no debt and they agree to serve the system for 10 years. If you bail before 10, you pay the debt of schooling you. Salaries would be reasonable and capped. You don't become a doctor to become wealthy -- you do so to serve. Have for-profit clinics for stupid things like breast implants and other things that insurance should never be paying for -- like optional stuff.