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It won't lower costs that is for sure.
It'll need increased public spending and if it is 90 billion in UK with a population of 65 million. It'll go into a heck lot more for a country with 300 million.
If doctors do not support it, no way will NHS go through in US. You need them on side.
Eh, you make zero sense. Do you even know how much more American's pay for their system when compared to other similar nations?..
The UK spends 1675 dollars per captia on healthcare. The US uses 4271 dollars per captia.... granted I had to be fast so these are only 2002 numbers... but dont think for a second that the US numbers have gone down since.. I have seen a number that in 2005 the US number had jumped to 6000 dollars. Point is the following..
So you are saying that if the US went to the UK version (which is the dark sheep of UHC in western Europe thanks to Thatchers policies) then those costs would rise to the UK level.. aka fall by over half?
And of course these Physicians are against the health care bill.. they are earning top dollar and can pretty much charge whatever they want in the current bill. For them it is not about the patient but about how much money they can get.. so go figure they are against cutting costs and controlling how much is spent on healthcare... it would hurt their bottom line!..