10-12-2011, 07:24 AM
(10-11-2011, 06:07 PM)kandrathe Wrote:Thinking like a socialist. The way I see that inefficiency is that the costs for the patient are double (as someone will pay for it, either directly or as taxes).
Well, it is a fact that countries with more social societies (better social security system) have overal higher living standards and much lower amount of people below the poverty line.
TAxing and using taxing for schooling and health care will allow everybody to have the same chance and that means everybody can develop himself to the fullest. The more kids with a good education the more society benefits.
There is enough inefficiency in the business world but it is hidden better because companies can very easy just fire 20% of their workforce and the company will survive again. That this is not ideal for people to build a stable life in which they can raise their children is obvious. So I much rather hgave some inefficiency in the government then companies benefiting from my health.
Most problems you have in the US with healthcare are caused becaue of the involvement of the private sector, not because of the government.
Doctors will do 100s of tests on a patient that has a good insurance (because they make more money) even though the test are not really necessary. That allows them at the same time to not care too much about the uninsured ones......there is work enough anyway.
In a fairy tale world it would indeed be great that every person himself could choose exactly the care that he needs.....but seriously....what percentage of the population actually has the intelligence and knowledge to do this?? And even then.....how do you insure??? For dental you can easily say; I save 100 dollar per month, and normally this would be enough for those few times I need some serious dental care......but what if you get cancer? Almost nobody can take this cost by himself, so people need to be insured, so people that never get sick pay for the people that do.......it is just like socialism.