>> plenty of countries that get good quality health care at a much lower cost for the country
"Plenty", as in effectively every other comparable developed country, and "good quality" as in consistently better than the US on virtually every metric. Dan Carlin, the podcaster, devoted his most recent show (http://www.dancarlin.com/product/common-sense-314-unhealthy-...) to this topic; it felt like an impassioned plea directed at his reportedly strong libertarian base of followers.
Probably preaching to the choir, but Carlin's WW1 series is fantastic. Easily the best history of the era I've listened to or read.
Re:How Utah Reduced Chronic Homelessness
by grasshopperpurp on Friday March 17, 2017 @02:12PM
(#13896437)
Yes, if US politicians weren't beholden to pharmaceutical and insurance companies, it would already be a reality. It makes sense from either side of the aisle. It just doesn't make sense for the few people who stand to lose billions.
You could make the same case for health care. There are plenty of countries that get good quality health care at a much lower cost for the country but somehow in the US it's impossible to learn from that. I always though the US is a pragmatic country but over the last 15 years I have seen an increase in blind ideology. Things get opposed vigorously out of principle.