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From the Economist (here): Universal health care, worldwide, is within reach
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So, why not the US? Where the average life-span is 4 years less than Europe but total Overhead Cost (per individual) of Health Care is twice that of Europe. See that here:
Because the Right wants to assure that the average annual income of a GP remains at $210K* a year ... ?
*See here: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Family and General Practitioners (GPs)
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... there is a principled, liberal case for universal health care. Good health is something everyone can reasonably be assumed to want in order to realise their full individual potential. Universal care is a way of providing it that is pro-growth. The costs of inaccessible, expensive and abject treatment are enormous. The sick struggle to get an education or to be productive at work. Land cannot be developed if it is full of disease-carrying parasites. According to several studies, confidence about health makes people more likely to set up their own businesses.
Universal basic health care is also affordable. A country need not wait to be rich before it can have comprehensive, if rudimentary, treatment.
Health care is a labour-intensive industry, and community health workers, paid relatively little compared with doctors and nurses, can make a big difference in poor countries. There is also already a lot of spending on health in poor countries, but it is often inefficient. In India and Nigeria, for example, more than 60% of health spending is through out-of-pocket payments. More services could be provided if that money—and the risk of falling ill—were pooled.
The evidence for the feasibility of universal health care goes beyond theories jotted on the back of prescription pads. It is supported by several pioneering examples. Chile and Costa Rica spend about an eighth of what America does per person on health and have similar life expectancies.
So, why not the US? Where the average life-span is 4 years less than Europe but total Overhead Cost (per individual) of Health Care is twice that of Europe. See that here:
Because the Right wants to assure that the average annual income of a GP remains at $210K* a year ... ?
*See here: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Family and General Practitioners (GPs)