A L KatzAmerica doesn't have a health CARE system. We have a health INSURANCE system. That ain't the same thing.
When anyone walks in the door, our first question isn't "How can we fix you?", it's "How're you gonna pay for this?"
That's barbaric.
Traci Law@Alan Truth. Or the panic that sets in after an emergency and it's about the cost even with insurance. Years ago I had to go to the hospital in Scotland for food poisoning. Once I was human again I stressed about not having insurance as a tourist. It cost nothing. Not even the ambulance. That's how it should be.
@tracilaw And it gets worse! In America, we have to worry "Do I have *enough* insurance?"
@Alan And we have to know as much, if not more, about insurance than the doctors or even the insurance companies.
@tracilaw And they've calculated us - calculated what about us would cost them the most money - and made that impossible to get (or hopelessly expensive). It's the exact opposite of how health care should be thought of and paid for.
Agnieszka@tracilaw @Alan healthcare is not free in Europe. It is usually well build system of cooperation between state (public funding - taxes) and private insurance. But it is human centered. Accutally at the moment (what we hear) NHS in the UK is in a pretty bad shape lately. Americans have it really tough and the costs of medical procedures are beyond ridiculous.
@RealityGlimpses @Alan It's part of the taxes out of your pay, correct? A much better system. It's a nightmare here and yeah, I've heard NHS is heading down our road quickly.
Jupiter LIV@tracilaw @RealityGlimpses @Alan The NHS has been strangled by 12 years of irresponsible Tory misrule.If it were properly funded, which it could be if the Tories weren't so keen to let the filthy rich off the hook, it would still be just fine.
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Randahl Fink@tracilaw @Alan I live in Denmark where healthcare is payed for via world record high income taxes.
I love this system for our feeling of security. However, the flipside is, politicians have less incentive to prioritise what is important, and because of this, we now have way too few nurses and doctors, because politicians did not feel inclined to have competitive salaries at the hospitals, when that money could instead be used on more prestigious projects.
I love this system for our feeling of security. However, the flipside is, politicians have less incentive to prioritise what is important, and because of this, we now have way too few nurses and doctors, because politicians did not feel inclined to have competitive salaries at the hospitals, when that money could instead be used on more prestigious projects.