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For you Bernie Sanders supporters
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Quote:Nobody is saying you can't get good health outcomes in the US. Just the average Joe pays way more for less coverage. My girlfriend works in health management and they look to the UK to learn as they have the most efficient service in the world. Look at the costs per head, it is far cheaper and will be superior to the average Americans experience who can't afford the top coverage. Hey nothing stopping you going private in the UK or Australia. All the best equipped hospitals however are public. I paid way more for essentially NO coverage thanks to Obamacare. All of those shots fell under the deductible. Lower medical costs in other countries are partly enabled by the US policy of supporting high drug prices. The alternative is to regulate drug prices as is done in every other country. If the US did that then pharmaceutical research would come to a halt. I personally favor a rule that limits the price charged to the lowest price charged among the ten (or more) other countries with the highest GDPs. The drug companies would then have to spread the cost among the rich nations, and not just soak the US. The UK has some good health care places and some bad ones too, just like everywhere else. There are typically very long wait times, and Brits die waiting for medical care, just like veterans in the US. The US veterans can go to a private hospital and pay for their own care too. Maybe some of the survivors did do that. Under single payer they shouldn't have had to. Using systems in other countries with different demographics to show how the US would fare under a single payer is not nearly as accurate as using an actual US government single payer program as the example. Based on the VA, if the US followed the British/Australian model, millions would die waiting to see a doctor. BTW, Canada's system does not allow private for-pay medical care. Canadians who find that their medical system has failed (and I know of one unfortunate victim) come to the US. "Why should I give information to you when all you want to do is find something wrong with it?" |
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