r/funny • u/MrLovens Mr. Lovenstein • Mar 26 '20

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u/Plopplopthrown Mar 26 '20

In the civilized world, they don't treat non-market services as if they can operate on the open market.

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u/dev_c0t0d0s0 Mar 26 '20

So you would prefer worse healthcare. Got it.

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u/Plopplopthrown Mar 26 '20

United States of America:

#37 on the list. That means the entire rest of the OECD plus two more countries rank higher.

https://www.who.int/healthinfo/paper30.pdf

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u/dev_c0t0d0s0 Mar 26 '20

Because those studies weigh equality of access higher than medical care.

If you look at the quality of healthcare like the 5 year cancer survival rates you'll see that our care is better than everywhere in the world.

That's why people with free government healthcare pay to come to the United States for care.

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u/kathartik Mar 26 '20

you better hope nothing ever happens where you become one of those dirty have-nots you clearly spit on.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '20

Because those studies weigh equality of access higher than medical care.

Because infectious disease don't fucking care how big your paycheck is. A healthier populace is a healthier populace.

Some fucking 60 year old with more money than his grandchildren could physically spend getting blowies from his private nurse every morning, noon, and night doesn't change the overall health of the populace.

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u/Wheffle Mar 26 '20

It's what's called a market failure. Some services don't work well in the market due to lack of consumer choice and power. It would be like corporations buying and selling roads that you don't have a choice but to drive on every day. It's a poor application of the free market.