Re:How Washington Really Redistributes Income
by sp332 on Sunday October 20, 2013 @09:59PM
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>all America has to do is copy literally any other rich country's health care system
This sounds incredibly smug, and it's not helpful.
Re:How Washington Really Redistributes Income
by mangala on Sunday October 20, 2013 @10:52PM
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Plain truth shouldn't be interpreted as smug.
It's not an apples to apples comparison though. The US can't "just implement" the same health care systems that are up and running in other nations because we differ from a those nations in a lot of ways. PBS NewsHour sums up a few reasons here[1].
That being said, our current health care system is broken and needs to be addressed. I'm not convinced ObamaCare is a good solution, but at least the issue is being tackled.
[1] http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2012/10/seven-factors-dr...
How about it's a silly, shallow argument. Want to fix any problem? Copy another country's solution!
It completely ignores the cultural and political hurdles that are involved.
Re:How Washington Really Redistributes Income
by chrismealy on Sunday October 20, 2013 @11:47PM
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No, it is helpful, because it's true.
Re:How Washington Really Redistributes Income
by sp332 on Sunday October 20, 2013 @11:58PM
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Wow, no one has ever noticed that health care in Europe is cheaper than the US! Why don't we just sweep the entrenched interests aside, convince congressmen to throw away billions of dollars to their constituencies, and scale up a European system from a completely different regulatory environment to cover an order of magnitude more people? It's so simple! /s
As for health care costs, all America has to do is copy literally any other rich country's health care system. They all cost half as much or less per capita.