Economic Analysis of Medicare for All

Re:Economic Analysis of Medicare for All by marricks on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @07:23PM (#18614180)

Uhh, you’re aware hospitals don’t turn people away who are injured and often end up with a lot owed to them they just can’t recover right?

Also if everyone has healthcare they’ll get treated earlier before a condition blows up and... they get stuck at the ER getting a bill they’ll never be able to repay.

Our US healthcare system just sucks compared to other countries UNLESS you are well off.

I wouldn’t short change arguments saying covering everyone is actually less expensive.

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Re:Economic Analysis of Medicare for All by sedor0115 on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @08:27PM (#18614600)

Look up 5-year cancer survival rates by country. That metric at least attempts to measure the performance of the healthcare system. The studies that say our healthcare system "sucks" are looking at overall health of each country's population, not the performance of their systems.

To condemn the healthcare system based on the overall health of a nation that spends all day watching TV and shoving cheeseburgers in its face is absurdly disingenuous.

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Re:Economic Analysis of Medicare for All by marricks on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @09:20PM (#18614836)

I’d say the system sucks when a valid reason to exclude someone form an organ transplant is “don’t have 10k in savings to cover rejection meds”.

Without Medicare for all it’s a pay to win system where the cost of life saving treatments are literally beyond what most people could ever reasonably make.

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