Some people need to travel more and then come back here and see if they still think America isn’t prosperous. https://twitter.com/CharlotteAlter/status/1108699246088409088 …
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I don’t know. I went to Western Europe and they had universal health care, affordable childcare and low-cost higher education. In China, Vietnam, etc., it’s the frenzy, idealism and euphoria of newfound wealth that older generations have never seen before.
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Replying to @kimmaicutler @cyantist
original tweet is endorsing socialism, which western europe doesn’t have. i’ve been to eastern europe, though, and they’ve got a lot to say about the subject.
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I've lived in 3 countries in Europe: Hungary, France and the UK (chronologically); all have universal healthcare (in Hungary even eye and dental are free). France, the UK are prosperous = free healthcare is great quality. Hungary poorer and/because corrupt = free healthcare...
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that framing of ‘prosperity exists before quality universal healthcare, not because of it’ is critical imo, and where we all keep getting lost in this convo
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I don’t think that’s the convo though is it? It’s more like why are countries less prosperous than us able to afford this and why can’t we do something so obvious that would both unlock a lot of human potential and provide a basic level of dignity?
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I'm with you on this Kim: I think at the end of the day how much we allocate for basic healthcare says a lot about what we a priori assume re human dignity (and our community). And I'm with Mike on being realistic about *where* resources actually come from for that.
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The thing is we *are* allocating more per capita and we are getting worse outcomes on many measures of general health because of administrative and pharmaceutical costs. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2674671 …
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i much prefer the focus on things like this than “capitalism is irredeemable.” a lot of our cost issues stem from bad policy. it’s just not a sexy issue.
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Ben Gadwin Retweeted Kathryn Kline
Kim-Mai, I don't know if you can accept this tweet in good faith, but it mirrors my own experience with healthcare in Europe:https://twitter.com/KathrynmHogan/status/1108400667301834753 …
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