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Originally posted by kevcvs57The US healthcare system has the worst of both worlds: a highly regulated system in a free-market loving country. Which means that lots of enterprising businessess are essentially using the government to protect themselves from competition and rake in a fortune. It is the reason US healthcase is so expensive.
It is an incredebly immotive issue here; the only way the right wing free marketeers can infiltrate private enterprise into the NHS is by stealth and subdefuge. A tory politician once said "the nhs was the only religion britain had left". To your question; I think that may be true by default because its the only private system we have any real info about. ...[text shortened]... e telling that the pro privatisation camp never cite the U.S system as part of their argument.
A totally government-run operation, like they have in Europe, would be cheaper but would not give Americans the level of service they expect.
A deregulated system would deliver the best possible service at the lowest possible cost. But many people are afraid of that for some reason -- collective historical memories of 19th century snake oil salesmen and "Doan's Liver Pills" I guess. The fact that the FDA and malpractice lawsuits would still be in place makes little impression -- all you have to do is mention "deregulation" and "healthcare" in the same sentence and people start to become hysterical, muttering about "death in the streets".
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Originally posted by spruce112358Did you know some girl had a ghetto butt-lift where they poured cement into her buttocks? How would something like that be handled?
The US healthcare system has the worst of both worlds: a highly regulated system in a free-market loving country. Which means that lots of enterprising businessess are essentially using the government to protect themselves from competition and rake in a fortune. It is the reason US healthcase is so expensive.
A totally government-run operation, like sentence and people start to become hysterical, muttering about "death in the streets".
Of course this was intended to be cosmetic but there is nothing stopping people like the "doctor" above from being dangerous quacks in a deregulated environment.
Originally posted by spruce112358How does a deregulated system take into account the externalities that arise from people not being able to afford health care?
The US healthcare system has the worst of both worlds: a highly regulated system in a free-market loving country. Which means that lots of enterprising businessess are essentially using the government to protect themselves from competition and rake in a fortune. It is the reason US healthcase is so expensive.
A totally government-run operation, like ...[text shortened]... sentence and people start to become hysterical, muttering about "death in the streets".