The US system is a special case that goes beyond partisan politics, framing it as a lack of solidarity misses the point.
The real issue is that healthcare in the US has no functioning market and no effective regulation: prices are arbitrary, patients only see costs after the fact (even if you insist cash on something simple, the itemized bill takes forever), and insurers mostly exist to extract value. Both major parties keep allowing this to exist.
In other countries (even with hybrid social systems, multi-payer, etc) there’s at least transparency and accountability. You know what you owe upfront, and regulators monitor excessive price disparities. Differentiation is allowed, but it’s still regulated.
Do you really believe UHG's 6% profit margin? US Insurance is basically private equity draining cash through inflated bills, with providers and insurers passing the buck while fleecing patients.
> The US system is a special case that goes beyond partisan politics, framing it as a lack of solidarity misses the point.
The last time someone tried to improve things he was Adolf Stalin for trying to recreate Nazi Communist Germany. Or something. Something similar (albeit less extreme) happened in the 90s.
Fixing any of this does start with politics and there is a huge political elephant standing in the way here. It's really not a "both sides" issue when one side uses every bad faith trick in the book to obstruct anything the other side does while proposing nothing of their own.
The real issue is that healthcare in the US has no functioning market and no effective regulation: prices are arbitrary, patients only see costs after the fact (even if you insist cash on something simple, the itemized bill takes forever), and insurers mostly exist to extract value. Both major parties keep allowing this to exist.
In other countries (even with hybrid social systems, multi-payer, etc) there’s at least transparency and accountability. You know what you owe upfront, and regulators monitor excessive price disparities. Differentiation is allowed, but it’s still regulated.
Do you really believe UHG's 6% profit margin? US Insurance is basically private equity draining cash through inflated bills, with providers and insurers passing the buck while fleecing patients.