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Famous Mortimer
WillipsBrighton
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« on: June 25, 2014, 12:26:40 AM »

I guess that's true, but I'm just an ignorant, but curious, yankee after all. I've done some research and the Swiss system intrigues me, as it seems to have the "least" government involvement. I wonder why Britain decided to go a different route as the mainland countries when it came to insurance, though.

When determining who has the best health care system, doesn't health seem like a better thing to judge than "government involvement"?

Is a man dying the street in Bangladesh healthier than a man recovering in an NHS bed because he has "less government involvement"?
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WillipsBrighton
Junior Chimp
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« Reply #1 on: June 25, 2014, 01:58:26 AM »

What does a third world nation in which the vast majority of people live on subsistence farming have to do with the fact that the Swiss system intrigues me. I do, however, find it mildly terrifying that you are blaming death on lack of government.

Death is sometimes the result of lack of government. This is indisputable. Someone dies because they aren't treated. The government could have treated them.
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WillipsBrighton
Junior Chimp
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« Reply #2 on: June 25, 2014, 10:54:37 AM »

What does a third world nation in which the vast majority of people live on subsistence farming have to do with the fact that the Swiss system intrigues me. I do, however, find it mildly terrifying that you are blaming death on lack of government.

Death is sometimes the result of lack of government. This is indisputable. Someone dies because they aren't treated. The government could have treated them.
I highly doubt a nation as dirt poor as Bangladesh could create a viable public healthcare system. I mean, subsaharan African nations have state run health systems, but is barely matters because of how shockingly poor and war torn the area is.

Forget I said Bangladesh. I could just as easily have said the US. Now you are just using the fact that I said Bangladesh to avoid addressing my argument.

Someone getting no treatment at all is getting no government involvement vs someone getting NHS treatment is getting massive government involvement. Who is getting better care in your eyes?
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