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In reply to the discussion: Sanders gets best reception at early 2020 audition [View all]ehrnst
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Not within his lifetime. He can deliver.... words.
That is a politician's promise, and not one that actual health policy experts support. Single payer was introduced in 1972 by Ted Kennedy. Why do you think that he didn't support Sanders' plan?
Actually, many countries use a hybrid of public/private payers to acheive Universal Health Care, so yes, it can be done. They deliver more than words, they deliver universal health care, despite your insistence that there is no way that they can...
For instance, Germany has a universal multi-payer health care system paid for by a combination of statutory health insurance (Gesetzliche Krankenversicherung) officially called "sickness funds" (Krankenkassen) and private health insurance (Private Krankenversicherung), colloquially also called " (private) sickness funds."
Healthcare in the Netherlands is financed by a dual system that came into effect in January 2006. Long-term treatments, especially those that involve semi-permanent hospitalization, and also disability costs such as wheelchairs, are covered by a state-controlled mandatory insurance. This is laid down in the Wet Langdurige Zorg ("General Law on Longterm Healthcare" ) which first came into effect in 1968 under the name of Algemene Wet Bijzondere Ziektekosten (AWBZ). In 2009 this insurance covered 27% of all health care expenses.
For all regular (short-term) medical treatment, there is a system of obligatory health insurance, with private health insurance companies. These insurance companies are obliged to provide a package with a defined set of insured treatments. This insurance covers 41% of all health care expenses.
And very few countries have ever had a federal single payer plan. The few that have single payer usually do it at the province/state level.
You need to become more educated on universal health care before lecturing people on it, especially Democrats.