Since there are nations with successful universal healthcare systems, I'd say the American embargo and/ot the shortcomings of communism are the culprit. Not free healthcare per se.
-
-
Replying to @luismbo
"Successful" as in "isn't yet done bankrupting the country"? Universal healthcare is communism, in one sector, and eventually leads to financial and moral ruin—when death panels decide who doesn't get further treatment, and policemen will stop you from seeking treatment abroad.
1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
But hey, the intelligentsia can always find a family member or friend "in" the system who will bump them in front of the line, and the upper class can use power and money for that. First in line while claiming a medal for their generosity—life is good for the communists!
1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Meanwhile, the plebs will wait in line for hours, days, weeks, months, years, for treatment in the increasingly overcrowded and underfunded hospitals. They can't afford a baksheesh, even less to move to the nice districts with nice hospitals, or to go abroad.
1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @fare
What's the alternative solution (other than dying immediately instead of waiting in line)?
1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Lines are, as always, the inevitable result of price control. Where there is a free market for medicine, there are no lines—people pay for the medical services they actually care for (for themselves or others they love) and thereby attract the talent and resources.
1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Right. No money, no care. No need for death panels.
1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
No money no care is a rule of nature that no wishful thinking can evade. Question is: is there a monopoly on who controls the money, or may anyone offer to pay? In the latter case, if *no one* is ready to pay for you, no system can save you.pic.twitter.com/fQtU4EFK29
1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
François-René Rideau Retweeted François-René Rideau
Also, when the only healthcare provider is the state, you find that you've been moved to a line that's never served because you're "a nazi" (or, alternatively, because you fail to be a nazi). And if you don't find that normal, there's a psikhushka for you.https://twitter.com/fare/status/1081698630661218308 …
François-René Rideau added,
1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Where I live, we have free healthcare and private providers side by side. Are we discussing theoretical systems or practical implementations?
2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
But yes, 25% communism is not yet as bad as 100% communism—but the gangrene is already eating away the budget and minds of people. Until the only choice left is the way of Venezuela or Chile.
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.