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I know this would never happen and I'm not sure how financially smart it would be for the nation, but what if we ended Medicare/Medicaid and had Universal Health Care instead? How would that play out?
-This is just for entertainment of course; so lets attempt to keep over-baring negativity out of this.
Belarus has over twice as many - 4.55 per 1,000 people
Cuba is ranked #2 - 5.91 per 1,000 people - almost THREE TIMES as many physicians per capita as the USA. Which might explain how Cuba can provide more inexpensive health care to more people.
Any massive increase in the number of patients without an increase in trained health care professionals will result in delays, triage and rationing.
I don't necessarily support ObamaCare and that's why I'd rather take Universal Health Care over ObamaCare. Yes, plenty of physicians, nurses, etc will need to be hired because of increase demand on our hospitals nation wide but is that necessarily a bad thing? Regardless the amount of physicians will need to be increased dramatically because of the Baby Boomers retiring.
I know this would never happen and I'm not sure how financially smart it would be for the nation, but what if we ended Medicare/Medicaid and had Universal Health Care instead? How would that play out?
-This is just for entertainment of course; so lets attempt to keep over-baring negativity out of this.
So let the discussions begin!
$13,000 x 313,000,000 = $4,069,000,000,000
That's how it would play out every year time and time again, for about two years when your entire economy collapsed and you take a real quick trip on a "teleporter" straight to 4th world status.
In case you don't know what 4th world status is it's a status that makes 1980's Somalia look desirable.
I know this would never happen and I'm not sure how financially smart it would be for the nation, but what if we ended Medicare/Medicaid and had Universal Health Care instead? How would that play out?
-This is just for entertainment of course; so lets attempt to keep over-baring negativity out of this.
So let the discussions begin!
Other countries are capable of doing it, I don't see why we can't offer a similar program over time...
We spend a larger percentage of our GDP on healthcare that any other industrialized country with our current system, yet still manage to boast poorer health outcomes on a series of measures (i.e., life expectancy, infant mortality), when compared to other countries spending much less overall on healthcare.
I know this would never happen and I'm not sure how financially smart it would be for the nation, but what if we ended Medicare/Medicaid and had Universal Health Care instead? How would that play out?
-This is just for entertainment of course; so lets attempt to keep over-baring negativity out of this.
So let the discussions begin!
Employer-based healthcare insurance is a giant millstone hung on busiesses neck. American businesses have to scrape up hundreds of billions of dollars. French, Germans, and Japanese have no health costs unless they chose to privide a concierge medical team for their senior executives. Health care costs were the single largest factor that drove GM and Chrystler into banckruptcy. So the single best gift we could give busiess of all sizes is to take this off their hands.
Belarus has over twice as many - 4.55 per 1,000 people
Cuba is ranked #2 - 5.91 per 1,000 people - almost THREE TIMES as many physicians per capita as the USA. Which might explain how Cuba can provide more inexpensive health care to more people.
Any massive increase in the number of patients without an increase in trained health care professionals will result in delays, triage and rationing.
You need to be careful, doctors in Cuba or Belarus are often unable to get a medical license in the USA due to unfamiliarity with the level of medical practice here and the fact they do not have a medical degree recognized in the USA. Once it sinks in they take a low wage job because they have to survive. Thank the AMA and State Medical Licensing Boards!
Employer-based healthcare insurance is a giant millstone hung on busiesses neck. American businesses have to scrape up hundreds of billions of dollars. French, Germans, and Japanese have no health costs unless they chose to privide a concierge medical team for their senior executives. Health care costs were the single largest factor that drove GM and Chrystler into banckruptcy. So the single best gift we could give busiess of all sizes is to take this off their hands.
I think in at least some of those countries businesses pay a tax for health care. That's still better, IMO, than our system.
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