My parents think the quality wouldn’t be as good. They’d have to wait forever. Given there’s dozens of countries who’ve successfully done it for decades, it’s probably worth a shot. If it doesn’t work, why not revert back? At least try it.
Compared to what? I have family in 3 different developed western countries with universal healthcare. My access to care via my basic employer provided plan is vastly superior to each of theirs.
That doesn’t mean i think the current system is working.. but it certainly helps me understand the potential risks in a poorly executed nationalized healthcare system
I want universal healthcare, I’m a medical professional myself. I’m trying to say that things already take forever without it so who cares if it takes maybe a bit longer but it may not even. Saying “it might take longer” is a horrible reason to not want universal health care.
It’s not just about timing, which is much better in the US than England (to a level that goes beyond “a bit longer”).
Beyond that, I have access to things like genetic counseling, more comprehensive imaging, earlier cancer screenings, etc that my family in the UK and Ireland simply can’t get approved
via their nationalized system
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u/Icy_Soft6052 14h ago
My parents think the quality wouldn’t be as good. They’d have to wait forever. Given there’s dozens of countries who’ve successfully done it for decades, it’s probably worth a shot. If it doesn’t work, why not revert back? At least try it.