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how cooked do you have to be to synthesize that sentence without universal healthcare and an enormous chunk of the population living paycheck to paycheck
by knuppar 6mo ago
how cooked do you have to be to synthesize that sentence without universal healthcare and an enormous chunk of the population living paycheck to paycheck
- dash2 6mo agoYou're the richest country in the world (Andorra isn't real, don't @ me). And if you want universal healthcare, come and experience the joy of the NHS. I have to actually live with it.
- reeredfdfdf 6mo agoDon't you have private healthcare in the UK too, if you aren't satisfied with the NHS? IMO universal healthcare is awesome as the final safety-net that provides critical care, no matter your financial or employment situation. Yet it doesn't need be the only option. If businesses or people with money want to pay more to get care faster from private sector, that's okay too. It's how the system works here in Finland.
- defrost 6mo agoDitto Australia, hybrid public / private healthcare ... * private is good for better rooms, more scenic views, personalised spa like service and near immediate access to non life essential procedures * public keeps the majority of people alive and triages procedures, you can get overnight heart stent surgery for free if required, might have to wait a few months for non critical knee surgery.
- dash2 6mo agoPrivate healthcare exists in the interstices of the NHS. The gorilla in the room squishes everything else into the corners. Safety nets would be great, but a net that arrives several days after you have already fallen to the ground is not very helpful. That is what rationing-by-queueing does. Maybe Finland is great - I believe you! Britain's system is not.
- jaccola 6mo agoSome would say having a choice of which healthcare to pay for, the ability to choose a provider, the right to not pay for healthcare (maybe you value an extra holiday more than being able to go to a GP) is a good thing. I'm from the UK, everyone I've met in the NHS has good intentions but the system itself means the standard of care is very poor. I have no option to go elsewhere with my £'s if a receptionist is extremely rude to me or a doctor won't listen. Not to say the US system is perfect, just that adding even more government intervention (and associated plunder) by making healthcare universal, is perhaps not the answer.
- beefandcheese 6mo ago"I have no option to go elsewhere with my £'s if a receptionist is extremely rude to me or a doctor won't listen." In the UK, private healthcare is very much an option if you have the £.
- jaccola 6mo agoThe £'s I give to the NHS I cannot instead take to other healthcare providers.
- ruszki 6mo agoThat’s not inherent of universal healthcare at all. In Austria, you can go to a different doctor if you wish.
- duskdozer 6mo ago>Not to say the US system is perfect, just that adding even more government intervention (and associated plunder) Uh huh. Because companies that have the explicit purpose of making as much money as possible don't "plunder". Why do you think it is that the US spends more public money per capita than many other countries and yet still has worse healthcare outcomes?
- drcongo 6mo ago> I'm from the UK [..] I have no option to go elsewhere with my £'s One of these is an obvious, outright lie. I wonder which.