And another thing: there’s much handwringing going on today about our inability to continue to fund Medicaid and Medicare. You know what would fix that, without raising taxes OR curtailing healthcare? Socialized medicine. The US spends, today, about 18% of our GDP on healthcare. That amounts to $13,000 per capita, per year. Countries wit…
And another thing: there’s much handwringing going on today about our inability to continue to fund Medicaid and Medicare. You know what would fix that, without raising taxes OR curtailing healthcare? Socialized medicine. The US spends, today, about 18% of our GDP on healthcare. That amounts to $13,000 per capita, per year. Countries with socialized medicine, including Canada, Germany, France, Sweden, Switzerland, Japan and the UK, spend half of that, or less (Canada, for example, spends $5900 per capita). And, by all measures, their health is better. We could fix many problems in the US, including budget deficits, by adopting Medicare for All, and ending for-profit medicine. Doing so means defeating wealthy and powerful lobbyists and corporations. Which is why it hasn’t happened. Yet.
And another thing: there’s much handwringing going on today about our inability to continue to fund Medicaid and Medicare. You know what would fix that, without raising taxes OR curtailing healthcare? Socialized medicine. The US spends, today, about 18% of our GDP on healthcare. That amounts to $13,000 per capita, per year. Countries with socialized medicine, including Canada, Germany, France, Sweden, Switzerland, Japan and the UK, spend half of that, or less (Canada, for example, spends $5900 per capita). And, by all measures, their health is better. We could fix many problems in the US, including budget deficits, by adopting Medicare for All, and ending for-profit medicine. Doing so means defeating wealthy and powerful lobbyists and corporations. Which is why it hasn’t happened. Yet.