You're still thinking inside a box which is made from the propaganda fed to all of us from the moment we're born. It's simply NOT TRUE.
"a single entity, non-profit organization can be more efficient in general, than a competitive multi-entity for-profit system, then fine"
I'm saying that in this case this is currently true. As I pointed out, Medicare's overhead costs are significantly lower than those of for-profit insurance companies. In addition, a government system will not cherry-pick which people it handles and which it will not unlike for-profit, deny-care insurance companies.
I'm also saying that we are paying around twice what other countries pay but we do not have an outcome that justifies that expense. You, as a capitalist, should be aghast at this lousy ROI and should be looking at how to get rid of over-priced healthcare.
If you're going to be a capitalist then BE A CAPITALIST. Demand more from the for-profit system which is, frankly, lousy.
As a capitalist, why not demand that US physicians and hospitals charge competitive rates to their overseas counterparts. Why shouldn't heart surgery in the US be $20,000 instead of $100,000?
Why does the health care system get a pass on being a quasi-monopoly and an inefficient low-quality one at that? BE A CAPITALIST and demand efficiency, low prices, high quality and competitive health care.
Why rollover and play dead for a system that seeks to have low standards, high prices and monopolistic practices? Why? |
