Nordberg (05-21-2020)
Nordberg (05-21-2020)
It's funny you mention the ventilators issue. NYC had a lot of ventilators at one point. Bloomberg had a major emergency fund set aside for them. Later administrations let them fall into disrepair, and then they were sold off at auctions.
That's not the fault of the private market but instead government.
Also, we actually have better medical equipment and more of it in most cases as compared with a lot of other countries. We have a lot more MRI machines proportionate to our population than most other countries, for example.
The public systems of a lot of countries tend to be worse about shortages of equipment and shortages of care. Our system is designed to move people in and out of hospitals quicker, so as to make more money. In a public system, there's more incentive to keep beds filled.
Our system treats healthcare as a commodity and a corporate business. It uses the 6 sigma methods and tries to lower costs by stockpiling as little as they can get away with. It provides a min of beds so they are not wasting profits on empty rooms. Cost-cutting for profit results in finding the cheapest doctors they can get and paying nurses and workers as little as possible. Healthcare is a right, not a for-profit business. We are the only industrial country that does this.
Insurance companies stand between customers and healthcare. They determine what treatments you can get. They pick your doctors and hospitals. They increase profits by denying treatment, so they do.
Healthcare is NOT a right. Check your pocket constitution and please cite the amendment that makes it a right.
In government healthcare the government determines who your doctor is. They determine who gets treatment and who doesn't. They determine if a patient is too old or otherwise not worthy of the necessary care. Death panels I believe Palin mentioned them and Obama laughed. Obviously she was correct.
Amazing!
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