Someone to be abandoned when his Life is at risk, — dimosthenis9
You set the humanity bar far too low. — dimosthenis9
When you ask someone to pay for his health, Isn't that abandonment? When that someone has 0 money?Of course I don't know all health care systems all over the world. Some might be free already.
But for me health care should be totally free everywhere worldwide. Here in my country you have to pay if you don't have insurance (working insurance) . And only a small amount of health care services are totally free. Which aren't enough and not important either.
What, if anything, is stopping you from offering free healthcare? — NOS4A2
To provide free healthcare one must do so through his own efforts and charity. — NOS4A2
Whats the cocktail effect? — Prishon
Yes. And let's remember that also part of the money goes to for example medical malpractice insurances and bureaucracy. Or it could be explained simply: when something is intended to make a profit, it naturally means that the costs will be higher than when the intention is just to cover the costs.Research shows that a lot of the money in American healthcare is actually going to all the bureaucracy involved in funding, which is another reason to consider government control. It would allow those funds to go to preventative care which would mean. Americans might not be so sick when they get to a doctor and so outcomes would improve. — frank
It's not just one data point. It's a multitude of data. Now I don't want to bash the US and of course we can talk about the UK health care system, the French system, the Swiss system or my country's system (Finland), but I gather that many here are Americans.It's just one case study tho. Why are you trying to extrapolate from one data point? — frank
Or it could be explained simply: when something is intended to make a profit, it naturally means that the costs will be higher than when the intention is just to cover the costs. — ssu
And you perfectly show with that example that in the US it isn't pure "free market" health care — ssu
The government and the public sector still has a huge role. — ssu
That's why the opposition to universal health care is so puzzling. — ssu
Anyone with a clear head understands just why this is so and how absolutely insignificant the market argument is in this case. If you would have competing military services, likely they would start fighting each other. — ssu
That's a perfect example of an actual company getting close to a monopoly situation. Add there just how Microsoft became to be so important.A case where a central plan emerged spontaneously is computer technology. The IBM scheme came to dominate partly because they didn't patent their design. Anyone could build an IBM clone, so it became the standard by virtue of popularity. — frank
I don't know how to compare healthcare to those things. How would you? — frank
I would always look at the history how the healthcare sector has been organized in a country. It tells a lot just why the health care systems are the way as they are. And in that historical narrative you find the major actors, the political parties and elites who have driven through the decisions. Also you then might understand better sometimes a very confusing system. — ssu
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