Re:The Amish health care system
by SlowRobotAhead on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @06:37PM
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Agreed... but you don’t think there is an ugly backend administrator to <insert your favorite public healthcare system>? Of course there is. You don’t think the NHS has lawyers and billing professionals, they’re there, just behind the scenes.
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They have lawyers, but everyone has lawyers over a certain size and the NHS is huge.
As for billing, who would they bill - I've never had a bill from the NHS or even heard of someone getting a bill from the NHS? In some parts of the UK you have to pay a small amount for prescription medicines but that doesn't go to the NHS etc.
It literally is "free at the point of delivery".
Edit: The NHS directly employs about 1.4 million people https://fullfact.org/health/how-many-nhs-employees-are-there... - and that's not including people who work in GP practices or dentists or opticians who do NHS work but aren't employed by the NHS.
Re:The Amish health care system
by paulryanrogers on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @08:31PM
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Perhaps. Though I'd hope the centralized system is more lean, transparent, and capable than say an opaque market ruled by big players leveraging regulatory capture to fleece patients and providers alike.