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0 pointsike07904y ago0 comments

False. America’s healthcare quality is the best in the world despite current issues with affordability. Most developed countries with socialized medical care are far smaller then the US. Most are smaller then just LA or NYC alone. Every market the government enters by subsidizing cost creates market distortions that have contributed to multiple financial crises in this country(mortgage and higher education).

My comprise would be let the states implement socialized medicine. My hunch is that with within a few years every economically productive person in those states would move states within 2-3 years. The tax burden and lack of choice in health care would be a no brainer to leave. Most people think socialized medicine will fix everything overnight put don’t think about what rights they are takin away from individuals to achieve their goals.

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ddingus4y ago

Quality does not equal performance.

For a few, the quality is amazing, but even Cuba does better at keeping its people healthy than we do.

Cuba regularly contributes to medicine same as we do and doctors are a national export, recognized around the world.

And just what is an "economically productive" person?

You do realize those numbers come from tons of other people, who work hard and too many of whom have no meaningful access to that quality medicine?

No, probably not.

Finally, there is how health care is funded, who has access, and how care, medicine is delivered.

Socialized medicine is the VA, and that is not what Medicare is.

Medicare is funding health care, not socialized medicine.

It is hard to consider your other points given these basic misalignments.

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