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Let me guess, you want the government to take care of other people because you do not want to do it yourself, correct?
There is not a single thing that prevents you from getting all of the people who feel the same as you together and fund clinics and hospitals to help those without proper medical access. It seems to be that doing so would mean that it would take action and money from you, and apparently, you are not inclined to do so.
That house you are living in has a lot of glass.
That's a point that people mostly ignore, and is quite reasonable to make.
By the same token, there's no reason that 100% inclusive public health systems couldn't be invented and run by a county or state. No need for national intervention required.
If you have private insurance in the US, you tend to get medical care faster and with more flexibility than in Canada.
When you look at the statistics where Canada delivers a better product, it occurs when you are including people in the US without private medical insurance and people on government insurance programs. When you do a direct comparison between the people using private insurance in the US versus the Canadian system, the US wins on practically everything except costs.
That's a point that people mostly ignore, and is quite reasonable to make.
By the same token, there's no reason that 100% inclusive public health systems couldn't be invented and run by a county or state. No need for national intervention required.
Understood, but there's no reason that 100% inclusive food and housing systems couldn't be run by the government. We could have the government responsible for allotting all food and housing to guarantee that everyone has the same access to both and it is distributed equally. I just don't want to live in such systems.
When you look at the statistics where Canada delivers a better product, it occurs when you are including people in the US without private medical insurance and people on government insurance programs.
An issue that people rather gingerly tiptoe around is whether it is moral to be able to buy superior healthcare, or should everyone receive the same level of quality.
My guess is that there's a strong emotional tie to one side or the other which results in designing a model which supports it.
An issue that people rather gingerly tiptoe around is whether it is moral to be able to buy superior healthcare, or should everyone receive the same level of quality.
My guess is that there's a strong emotional tie to one side or the other which results in designing a model which supports it.
Personally, I see no moral issue with people being able to purchase superior healthcare.
An issue that people rather gingerly tiptoe around is whether it is moral to be able to buy superior healthcare, or should everyone receive the same level of quality.
My guess is that there's a strong emotional tie to one side or the other which results in designing a model which supports it.
Another reason I still support a public option vs single payer. A public option could include Medicare and the Medicaids. But we would still have private options for those desiring and affording. And docs could still go private if they so desire. I don't desire (yet), and I am a doc.
IMO 'superior' HC might include non-approved and/or non-essential treatments. And possibly Concierge type arrangements. Standard care should be the medical standard of care, and more typically quite appropriate and satisfactory care.
According to your 'math' every taxpayer pays $40K into healthcare today, which would make single payer a bargain.
Of course we don't.
The Federal Gov't creates money through deficit spending on programs like Medicare. The future simply has to hold more of our HC covered by new money. There will be no other sensible way, barring some sorts of medical miracles.
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