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| Re: And the US health care system already is pretty poor. -- aunt bea | Top of thread | Post Reply | Forum |
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This word is the evasive modern term business uses to express an old observation about how capitalism works: creative destruction. Sounds much nicer, less threatening, & as long as it applies only to the consumer getting better products at a lower price, then the voter doesn't care about the businesses which go bust as a result. There was even a song about it once....video stole the radio show. Healthcare, being a mutual enterprise between the taxpayer & the providers, not only doesn't fit into that, but the business interests involved, insurance, banking, high finance in general, are sufficiently powerful to successfully resist. How is it that one of the richest countries in the world does not see it as a given to provide adequate healthcare to all of its citizens? 'Rich' is maybe a little optimistic given the level of US govt debt....what is it now, $18 trillion? The sector of the population convinced that this can't continue without worrisome & unpredictable consequences has been lied to for so long & by all sides of the body political that in desperation they've elected the oaf Trump. I see the same thing here with the Brexit, which I voted for in order to get free from an unelected oligarchy, but which appears to be getting hijacked by a faction within the Tory party intent on balancing the books by de-mutualising healthcare & reducing wages over time to a Vietnamese level. My hope is that we deplorables in the countries that have flexible political systems can come up with mutual institutions which work, before it gets really nasty. There's a way to go before then probably. Take a look at this infographic & tell me there isn't a way to cut out the rent seekers in the US system. Look at the UK figure & tell me the rent seekers don't see an opportunity to match the US. This isn't over yet by a long way.  Related link: http://www.statista.com/chart/8658/health-spending-per-capita/ Modified by PatD at Fri, Mar 24, 2017, 17:34:42 |
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