02-28-2017, 03:30 PM
(02-28-2017, 03:20 PM)Duchess Wrote: I don't think I've ever heard Bernie laugh before. He always has a frowny face.
How could anyone NOT know how complicated that issue is.
How do other places manage healthcare and America can't? I don't think I've ever looked into that.
In a nutshell, health care is a public service in other developed countries, funded by taxes. That's essentially what some U.S. Democratic politicians mean when they suggest that "single payer" and "a public option" should be part of the U.S. healthcare system. (Trump was an advocate for "single payer" before he ran for president too.)
I like the idea a lot. Lower and middle income Americans shouldn't lose health care coverage when they switch jobs or leave the work force, and American businesses shouldn't have to bear so much employee health-care burden, in my opinion.
In most, if not all, of the other developed countries....... private health care coverage is also available for those who want it and can afford it.
That's a very simplistic and top level answer to the question based on what I've read, heard, and experienced in this business.