I got around to watching the recent Frontline episode that profiled health care systems in other wealthy democracies. In short, places like the U.K., Taiwan, and Germany make us look like a banana republic when it comes to providing access to health care. This doesn’t exactly come as a surprise, but the success of other national health care systems only highlights the tone-deafness of our own elected leaders on this issue. The narrator makes it clear that, once implemented, universal health care systems are tremendously popular with citizens. If Republicans could overcome their slavish devotion to free-market absolutism and pass meaningful health care reform, such a move would likely reap them huge political rewards. I suspect McCain understands this and could be persuaded to endorse a health care system that is a public/private hybrid, but that isn’t going to happen while the GOP is beholden to Grover Norquist and his acolytes.
I’m gals you bring this under the attention. In Belgium we take it for granted that we have universal health care . I wonder why so many people take extra hospitalisation insurances, since a stay in hospital doesn’t cost much.
I’m glad you bring this under the attention. In Belgium we take it for granted that we have universal health care . I wonder why so many people take extra hospitalisation insurances, since a stay in hospital doesn’t cost much.