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Re:Covid-19 may have killed nearly 3M in India, far more tha... by burmanm on Monday January 10, 2022 @10:54AM (#29876700)
That insurance isn't socialized medicine. In Europe for example, the hospital is owned by the government/state/etc, the doctors are hired directly by the hospital, the medicine costs are directly set by the state and so on.

No private parties at all.

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Re:Covid-19 may have killed nearly 3M in India, far more tha... by triceratops on Monday January 10, 2022 @11:23AM (#29877175)
> In Europe for example, the hospital is owned by the government/state/etc,

Europe is a big place with many different types of systems. What you're describing sounds like the UK. But places like NL[1] or DE[2] are more like Medicare/aid for all (basic coverage) + Obamacare (mandatory private insurance, sometimes supplementary). The providers may be private practitioners.

NB: I'm not an expert in these systems so I may have gotten some details wrong. My main point is that "European healthcare" isn't a monolith and it's not all state-owned.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthcare_in_the_Netherlands

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthcare_in_Germany

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