Excuse me? Canada's system doesn't work? Why, then, does it consistently rank higher than the US? Why does every single country that has at least some form of basic universal health care rank better than the privatized system in the US? Frankly, you seem to have no idea what you're talking about. I live in Canada right now. The quality of care is superb, I don't even have extended or dental. Where you run into issues in Canada is that it is a sparsely populated nation with large swathes of rurality, so obviously accessibility to extended care or specialists is limited. Rationing healthcare is admittedly a minor problem, but no where near as bad as right wingers and libertarians make it seem. I really really don't want to get into all of the despicable predatory practices a privatized system like the US leaves itself intentionally wide open to. No one in a single payer system EVER has to worry about going bankrupt from a health issue. The UK is consistently ranked as one of, if not THE best system, and it is wholly public. Same with The Netherlands.
You are partially right that it is supposed to be the insurance agencies that simply react to the cost of healthcare, but why on earth is everything a million times more expensive in the privatized system of the us? maybe, just MAYBE treating health care like a normal good that follows the normal rules of supply and demand is a bad idea?? One of the biggest reasons health care inflation is so staggering in the US is because even though they don't have a public system, the amount of people that simply cannot pay, whether they never had insurance or their company pulls a fast one on them, falls on the insurance companies. And so they raise rates to compensate and a vicious cycle is created. The cost of everything health care related down to the hospital gown are inflated, and so many people just go without insurance. They only recently made it illegal to deny someone coverage due to a pre-existing condition. The ER is mandated to treat everyone, regardless of insurance. That alone means that you will have people that have put off the financial burden of their health for so long, it's gotten vastly worse and now they won't be able to pay for their ER visit. It's insanity. Americans already foot the bill for their poor, they just do it in an incredibly inefficient and costly way. Why? Because their insurance companies have their claws in congress. It's blatant. And they price fix. And collude. And so on and so forth because health care is not a normal good.
As for the article, I will admit I've only paid peripheral attention to Bahamian politics and it seems like this is a vote grab. It's hard to say if the Bahamas is ready to support a system like this. That doesn't mean, though, that it is not something we should be working toward. Universal healthcare is the eventual answer, and it has proven that in other nations. So, don't lie, please.
Nalevan says...
"There is not a single country that has a successful National Health scheme.
Anywhere.
In the world."
This is a straight up lie. Google it for yourself, the most successful health care programs are public. Stop lying.
On Minister slams ‘greedy’ doctors
Posted 22 January 2016, 6:38 p.m. Suggest removal
Nalevan says...
Excuse me? Canada's system doesn't work? Why, then, does it consistently rank higher than the US? Why does every single country that has at least some form of basic universal health care rank better than the privatized system in the US? Frankly, you seem to have no idea what you're talking about. I live in Canada right now. The quality of care is superb, I don't even have extended or dental. Where you run into issues in Canada is that it is a sparsely populated nation with large swathes of rurality, so obviously accessibility to extended care or specialists is limited. Rationing healthcare is admittedly a minor problem, but no where near as bad as right wingers and libertarians make it seem. I really really don't want to get into all of the despicable predatory practices a privatized system like the US leaves itself intentionally wide open to. No one in a single payer system EVER has to worry about going bankrupt from a health issue. The UK is consistently ranked as one of, if not THE best system, and it is wholly public. Same with The Netherlands.
You are partially right that it is supposed to be the insurance agencies that simply react to the cost of healthcare, but why on earth is everything a million times more expensive in the privatized system of the us? maybe, just MAYBE treating health care like a normal good that follows the normal rules of supply and demand is a bad idea?? One of the biggest reasons health care inflation is so staggering in the US is because even though they don't have a public system, the amount of people that simply cannot pay, whether they never had insurance or their company pulls a fast one on them, falls on the insurance companies. And so they raise rates to compensate and a vicious cycle is created. The cost of everything health care related down to the hospital gown are inflated, and so many people just go without insurance. They only recently made it illegal to deny someone coverage due to a pre-existing condition. The ER is mandated to treat everyone, regardless of insurance. That alone means that you will have people that have put off the financial burden of their health for so long, it's gotten vastly worse and now they won't be able to pay for their ER visit. It's insanity. Americans already foot the bill for their poor, they just do it in an incredibly inefficient and costly way. Why? Because their insurance companies have their claws in congress. It's blatant. And they price fix. And collude. And so on and so forth because health care is not a normal good.
As for the article, I will admit I've only paid peripheral attention to Bahamian politics and it seems like this is a vote grab. It's hard to say if the Bahamas is ready to support a system like this. That doesn't mean, though, that it is not something we should be working toward. Universal healthcare is the eventual answer, and it has proven that in other nations. So, don't lie, please.
On Minister slams ‘greedy’ doctors
Posted 22 January 2016, 6:35 p.m. Suggest removal