That means that if you make a claim about what is possible or inevitable, you need to check it against reality. Here is reality. (I've put this graphic up before, but apparently some people have a short memory.)
Every single country on that list has one form or another of universal, government-funded health care, with a single exception. Every country on that list has a longer life expectancy at birth than the single exception, and every country on that list spends less on health care than the single exception, by a lot -- on average, they spend half as much.
Furthermore, their citizens spend far less out of pocket on health care -- four out of ten insured adults in the U.S. surveyed in 2023 said they had skipped or delayed some type of care in the past year, and one in six said they had problems paying medical bills. According to an investigation by KFF, more than 100 million Americans – 41% of adults – have debts for medical services. A quarter of those owe more than $5,000 and 1/5 of them never expect to pay it off. That does not happen, ever, in any of those other countries.
So whatever you want to say about universal, government funded health care, you have to begin with those facts, before you try to explain why it's a bad idea.
2 comments:
Damn that reality ... rearing its ugly head again!
FOX "News" would have a field day with this if they happened to be in favor of universal, government funded health care.
I can just see their campaign to "End Health Care as we know it!"
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