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Re:Iran lawmaker says 50 dead from coronavirus in city of Qom by vidarh on Monday February 24, 2020 @09:44AM (#22404331)
> So what's your plan? Socialized medicine? I mean, it's working out so great for those Chinese folks, right?

China has until recently had a less socialized healthcare system than the US. They've made massive strides towards trying to provide a universal system over the last few years, but they are still a developing country, so I'm not sure why you think comparing with China is a good idea, other than, I guess a knee jerk (and incorrect) assumption that it'd all be government run...

Meanwhile socialized healthcare systems are working out fantastically well for large parts of the developed world, but really the most important factor is universal healthcare - universal systems range from fully private multi-payer systems with some system for subsidizing those who can't pay, to fully socialized single payer systems.

What the vast majority of them have in common is that they result in far lower total healthcare spending than in the US thanks to actually regulating healthcare with the public in mind rather than insurers and healthcare providers. In fact, a large number of countries spend less total on healthcare per capita than US taxpayers pay towards Medicare and Medicaid alone, before you even factor in US private insurance.

Re:Iran lawmaker says 50 dead from coronavirus in city of Qom by bschwindHN on Monday February 24, 2020 @09:44AM (#22404325)
> confiscate as much of my money as possible to pay for someone else's stuff

_You_ get healthcare as well. It's not just "someone else", it's you, your family, your friends, and everyone you care about. No one should go into a spiraling life of debt because they broke an arm or got sick at an inopportune time.

Re:Iran lawmaker says 50 dead from coronavirus in city of Qom by seszett on Monday February 24, 2020 @09:39AM (#22404284)
Healthcare is not socialized in China, the best facilities are private, and the public ones are still paying (usually requiring proof that they will be able to pay before admitting patients). Quite often, they provide different levels of healthcare depending on how much the patient pays.

It's easy to think that China is run as a socialist country because there's "communist" in the name of the ruling party, but the truth is very far from that; in many aspects China is a ruthless capitalistic free-for-all society with less socialist policies than even the US.

Re:Iran lawmaker says 50 dead from coronavirus in city of Qom by hkeide on Monday February 24, 2020 @09:41AM (#22404299)
Hospitals are not free in China
Re:Iran lawmaker says 50 dead from coronavirus in city of Qom by leesec on Monday February 24, 2020 @09:37AM (#22404259)
Please remove this nonsense ^^
Re:Iran lawmaker says 50 dead from coronavirus in city of Qom by seneca on Monday February 24, 2020 @09:47AM (#22404353)
Just downvote comments you don't think add to the discussion. That's what the feature is for. It's not up to you to censor the comments section, and your comment is even less useful than the one you're replying to.
Re:Iran lawmaker says 50 dead from coronavirus in city of Qom by lp251 on Monday February 24, 2020 @09:59AM (#22404477)
Threats of violence should have no place on this site.
Re:Iran lawmaker says 50 dead from coronavirus in city of Qom by seneca on Monday February 24, 2020 @12:11PM (#22405950)
I agree with that, and saying that would be a better comment than just calling for something to be deleted. Explaining why something doesn't belong, or even just saying "this doesn't belong here", is better than a demand something be deleted.
Re:Iran lawmaker says 50 dead from coronavirus in city of Qom by ta999999171 on Monday February 24, 2020 @11:42AM (#22405612)
Don't insulate yourself from the reality of other people's opinions, because for every one comment you see, you can be assured there are many others not writing it, or on this site.

It's actually very informative, to me. Sorry you don't see it that way.