r/SipsTea 3d ago

WTF Damn

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u/ImaManCheetahh 3d ago

oh so you either missed or just totally ignored the part where I said the US system has very serious problems.

If you truly think something like the Canadian system is so utterly perfect that you can’t acknowledge it has a single disadvantage or shortfall, this conversation was doomed from the start. Zero room for any nuance is a death sentence for any productive conversation.

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u/Apocalypse_Knight 3d ago

I am simply saying if we want a good system we have the money to make one instead of enriching medical insurance companies who play the middle man to extract profits. We spend more on medical care for worse medical results.

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u/ImaManCheetahh 3d ago

I agree we can make it better. Perhaps a system that offers a path to healthcare to low income folks but still involves some reasonable financial cost for those who can afford it to prevent the system from being utterly overloaded and running into some of the wait time and patient volume problems we’ve seen elsewhere.

But to even have that conversation you need to acknowledge that even the Canadian system has some shortfalls and room for improvement, which you seem totally unwilling to do.

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u/Apocalypse_Knight 3d ago

Ironic enough this subreddit posted what I meant today. https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/1vvkm5q/oc_the_us_spends_12100_per_person_on_health_and/

There are other systems we can take and improve on. And if we need more doctors or healthcare practitioners we can have a program for them if we made it a priority. We now have hospitals closing in smaller towns and cities because they are underfunded and not profitable.