Randahl FinkThe US may have put a man on the moon, but Denmark put an entire population on free healthcare.
fmc01@randahl Many countries have Free Universal Healthcare see map - in every country this has to be paid for from general Government Revenue and sometimes as in Australia a proportionate contribution according to one’s income level. The American Health system of every person for themselves is only marginally more humane than Cockfighting.
@frankcat you are right, although many of these countries have an endurance based model, whereas the Danish system is entirely state based.
Jeff Phillips@frankcat @randahl I appreciate your contribution to this already interesting post, but I feel it is an exaggeration to say it is every person for themselves. The only hospital in my rural county in Indiana reports that at 60% of their patients are using Medicare, Medicaid, or some other government funded health insurance. Note that these are not the normal targets of hate used in arguments against welfare programs. My county is >95% white.
@DrJay @randahl Yes you are right it is an exaggeration and clearly the system cannot work for the elderly or the very poor - but why would anyone think that the US health insurance system works for anybody except the insurance companies and the wealthy - the fact that most health insurance is paid by the employer makes people afraid and vulnerable.