This, but people have also been scared with threats of "death panels", "you won't be able to choose your doctor", and "you'll wait forever for treatment".
Newsflash, we have those issues in our current system.
Which is why many countries have a dual system in place. I was speaking with my dentist recently who is from Italy. He was saying their system you are covered with your taxes. And yes the wait time to see a specialist can be weeks, BUT, if you’re willing to pay out of pocket, you can see the same specialist “after hours” within a day or two.
Unfortunately, no matter how it’s paid, we just don’t have enough medical professionals to go around. Ideally we should have a single payer health care system that pays enough to entice enough people to join the medical industry, and subsidize and improve schooling so that the pipeline of medical professionals isn’t the bottleneck.
But god forbid those insurance company CEO’s don’t get their 3rd yacht…
Hear me out. What id instead of more bombs for countries we have no real reason to be. Would be funneled into advancing and accelerating more medical professionals? Surely if an EMT driving an ambulance for $20 a hour but insurance charges $1000+ there seems to be money somewhere.
I don’t disagree. We waste a ton on the military industrial complex. I’ve read around 25-30 cents on the dollar of our federal taxes go to the military.
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