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 @66gardeners @SearingTruth @QasimRashid Well, kind of, in reality of course in a single payer system you just need to be -more- wealthy to get better treatment than others. And then private clinics compete for the best doctors with public hospitals and stuff, it's a little bit more complicated than you are making it seem :-). 6 comments
@66gardeners @SearingTruth @QasimRashid There's private clinics everywhere that I know of (including in the UK, Norway and Australia). So you can just bypass the health insurance system altogether (be it single payer or privatized), and go pay a clinic to give you the 20 million dollar cancer treatment :-). Plenty of doctors who like money. @Schouten_B @SearingTruth @QasimRashid Do you believe some people are more worthy of health care? @66gardeners @SearingTruth @QasimRashid Not more worhy. But I accept that money can buy people privileges, and that includes superior care. A proper consistent baseline for everyone is very important though, and the US doesn't provide that well. @Schouten_B @SearingTruth @QasimRashid And the reason why is because of the complex billing in a for profit industry. I read somewhere that there is around 2-4% increase in costs just because of billing difficulties. @66gardeners @SearingTruth @QasimRashid I can believe that. Never seen concrete percentages like that but a lot of doctors in my Dutch family complain about this as well. |
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@Schouten_B @SearingTruth @QasimRashid
Please explain how being more wealthy helps you in single payer. I realize it is not a perfect situation for single payer as far as doctor salaries and such. Doctors here feel they get screwed as well.
Again, profitting of denying health care that is indicated and recommended by your doctor is the worst. You do not live in the US, so you really do not have the experience to be so set in your opinions about it.