Re:The cost of two weeks in an pediatric/infant ICU
by pseudoramble on Thursday July 29, 2021 @01:15PM
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Agreed - I'd like to see the list too, because I'm genuinely interested in trying to find a better health care system than what the US has.
I like poking around through here to compare and contrast options: https://www.commonwealthfund.org/international-health-policy.... Some things I notice mainly are that the countries with private health insurance have at least two other things the US lacks:
1. They provide universal health care.
2. They have regulations of the market.
How they go about doing that varies a bit, but I believe these are critical points we miss for all the various reasons we see in this link and in many other discussions on the topic.
I think often in the US when we talk about private-sector, we also implicitly also mean for-profit, whereas many of the other options require them to be private non-profits. I think it's notable they are de-prioritized or outright banned, though I'll admit I don't really know if this is a critical detail or not. So I think to the GP point, perhaps this is a way to change private sector options for the better?
I like poking around through here to compare and contrast options: https://www.commonwealthfund.org/international-health-policy.... Some things I notice mainly are that the countries with private health insurance have at least two other things the US lacks:
1. They provide universal health care.
2. They have regulations of the market.
How they go about doing that varies a bit, but I believe these are critical points we miss for all the various reasons we see in this link and in many other discussions on the topic.
I think often in the US when we talk about private-sector, we also implicitly also mean for-profit, whereas many of the other options require them to be private non-profits. I think it's notable they are de-prioritized or outright banned, though I'll admit I don't really know if this is a critical detail or not. So I think to the GP point, perhaps this is a way to change private sector options for the better?