Re:Inside the Soviet Army (1982)
by GFischer on Monday April 14, 2014 @08:55AM
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I have yet to see an efficient nationalized medical service.
They are usually MUCH better than the U.S. model (in that everyone has basic healthcare and nobody gets bankrupt), but I wouldn't use words like "efficient" and "cost effective" to describe them.
At least within a democracy, they don't get "that" ossified, but you do get a massive, powerful and somewhat corrupt bureaucracy (at least in my country).
I find it incredible that the waste generated is less than the waste from the U.S. insurance system, yet it is so.
They are usually MUCH better than the U.S. model (in that everyone has basic healthcare and nobody gets bankrupt), but I wouldn't use words like "efficient" and "cost effective" to describe them.
At least within a democracy, they don't get "that" ossified, but you do get a massive, powerful and somewhat corrupt bureaucracy (at least in my country).
I find it incredible that the waste generated is less than the waste from the U.S. insurance system, yet it is so.