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Politics : A US National Health Care System?
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To: gamesmistress who wrote (35921)4/18/2014 11:56:25 AM
From: skinowski  Read Replies (1) of 42652
 
This waiting is what economists call rationing—the delay or even failure to provide care due to government budgetary decisions. ....... Rationing is an obvious effect of economic planning in place of free-market competition. ....... Sweden has started to self-correct, choosing a more sustainable path: private health-care options that allow for competition, customer choice and better overall care for Swedes. ...... It is possible to have truly affordable, qualitative and accessible care. But the only way to get this result is through a system where providers freely compete with each other to lower costs and raise quality.

There simply is no other way. There is always some sort of rationing, when it comes to a universally needed but limited resource. If access is not regulated by prices and competition, it becomes subject to budgetary government decisions. The latter seems to be more "fair" - since, at least in theory, everyone will have an equal chance at obtaining the services they need. The former will have the advantage of unleashing creativeness, competition, constant improvement - and ultimately, more affordable and better quality healthcare.

Make your choice... -- oh, sorry, it's been already made for you. Centralization has been the overall direction - and will continue to be so for the foreseeable future.
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