Warren Buffett says health care costs are a bigger problem than corporate taxes

Re:Warren Buffett says health care costs are a bigger proble... by humanrebar on Tuesday May 09, 2017 @08:05AM (#14299272)

I'm saying the French people undermine your testimonial better than I can. The typical argument (all over this discussion) for bureaucratic medicine is "it's all over Europe and it's awesome!" But I don't think Europe thinks it has everything figured out.

One of the consequences of government-provided services, for example, is that it pits native citizens against 'new' and aspiring citizens on the years that everyone decides life is a zero sum game.

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Re:Warren Buffett says health care costs are a bigger proble... by mpweiher on Tuesday May 09, 2017 @08:22AM (#14299382)

> But I don't think Europe thinks it has everything figured out.

Nobody has "everything" figured out, and health care (and paying for it) is a problem everywhere. It's just that comparatively...well, there really is no comparison. In comparison, it is awesome. And I've lived both in the US and in different parts of Europe.

The French voted a 2/3 against Le Pen. The US voted 48:46 against Trump (and got him anyway).

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Re:Warren Buffett says health care costs are a bigger proble... by humanrebar on Tuesday May 09, 2017 @09:17AM (#14299715)

But both countries have discouraging trend lines. Trump and Le Pen would have been novelty candidates a decade ago.

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Re:Warren Buffett says health care costs are a bigger proble... by pikzen on Tuesday May 09, 2017 @08:18AM (#14299346)

Being French myself, go ahead, show me how it undermines my testimonial, I'll be waiting :^)

It pits nobody against nobody. It's (almost) universal healthcare, including for non citizens.

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