@mike805 @AAKL @BusinessInsider The "Pay for urgency" scares me because health problems can be urgent. That said...

Our current system could be said to be a hybrid system where people can only use public healthcare if they are low enough on the ladder. My mom has public health care.

Do you know how hard it is for her to get a fucking referral?

Not "how hard it is to convince the doctor she needs one". Not "how hard it is to get insurance to approve it". Not even "How hard it is to get the specialist to take it". And she can't go to a doctor who has the systems in place to correctly give her a referral because... two tier.

@AAKL @Epic_Null @BusinessInsider The public health system will always be somewhat stressed financially, because if you could walk into a doctor in 5 minutes for free every time you had a headache, a lot of people would do exactly that. If the roads are free there will be traffic.

People should not be losing their teeth for lack of dental care, and that is happening.

Public system should be decent and you should be able to pay for urgency or fancy stuff.

@AAKL @mike805 @BusinessInsider My primary issue with a hybrid approach is capitalism.

Which is to say we need money out of politics so we stop sabotaging public services to force people to use the buisnesses.

@AAKL @TheAtlantic Back to basics but not nessasarily back in time.

I am personally really hopeful that the electric typewriter becomes common.

@Epic_Null @AAKL @BusinessInsider When you have something worrying you and the public healthcare system says you can be checked in six months, you will wish you could pay the price of a new smartphone to get it looked at right now. That is my #1 fear with regard to single payer.

My #2 fear is what is happening in Canada right now. Treatment in months or euthanasia now.

We have feed-the-poor programs without the government controlling the grocery business. Health care is not different.