One of my favorite "Bob the Builder" ribs is an LJ avatar that’s a gif...
"Can we fix it?
No, it’s f*cked!" |
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Written By:
Scott Jacobs
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The real problem with Canada’s health care system is not that it is a single payer, but rather that the ’payer’ doesn’t / won’t spend the money necessary to provide everybody with the level of health care they insist on receiving. The difference between Canada and the United States is that here we have many payers who can’t or won’t spend the money necessary to provide everybody with the level of health care they want to receive. And in both countries, those who don’t get the level of health care they want and at no more of a cost than they’re willing to pay bitch about it.
And that is the inevitable result of the combination of people demanding to know what ails them (diagnosis) and to have fixed whatever is wrong (cure) AND being unwilling /unable to pay for those services (’Sonny, you better run those tests on me, you better fix what you find wrong and don’t you dare think of charging me anything approximating the costs you’ve incurred for doing so’).
Given that, the health care crisis won’t be solved unless and until society decides it no longer wants or needs quality health care, or until someone figures out a way of both exponentially increasing the output of medical care and at a fraction of the going rate... in other words, this problem ain’t getting solved. |
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Written By:
steve sturm
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"Given that, the health care crisis won’t be solved unless and until society decides it no longer wants or needs quality health care, or until someone figures out a way of both exponentially increasing the output of medical care and at a fraction of the going rate... in other words, this problem ain’t getting solved."
Hmmmm, limited resources available, but a high demand. What system do you think will alleviate this problem, a state-planned system or a free market where pricing sends signals that help people make rational consumption and investment decisions?
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Written By:
Harun
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p.s. You can have a completely free market system, but help poor people by transferring money directly to them rather than attempting to ration healthcare to one and to all in an attempt to be "fair." (This is to get around the complaint that a free market will be cold-hearted.) |
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Written By:
Harun
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figures out a way of both exponentially increasing the output of medical care and at a fraction of the going rate deregulate |
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Written By:
Is
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In Ireland where the "Celtic Tiger" is begining to slow, the government announced that they will be freezing new hires and yes, cutting jobs in the health care sector. When things start to get tough for government,the first thing they cut is health care. But that would never happen in America if The Obama is elected,he’ll just raise taxes. No? |
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Written By:
firefirefire
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