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Dietz

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4. if these 18 countries can offer healthcare to all their residents, then why can't the US?

Sat Feb 15, 2020, 12:05 PM

Feb 2020

I couldn't agree more!

My question is about the best and most realistic way to achieve universal healthcare. Is it by building on Obama Care or by a particular single payer plan? Most arguments in favor for Medicare for all that I have seen are REALLY arguments for universal healthcare. So the important discussion about the various paths towards universal healthcare is not taking place. I consider this a very important question. Looking at other countries that have actually achieved universal healthcare may help us design a path from our current disastrous healthcare system.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Universal healthcare is NOT the same as Medicare for all [View all] Dietz Feb 2020 OP

Yes there are many varieties. Voltaire2 Feb 2020 #1

Improving Obama Care so as to achieve universal health care? Dietz Feb 2020 #3

Doesn't do it. Voltaire2 Feb 2020 #7

There are eighteen countries we can learn from Dietz Feb 2020 #6

Medicare for all is a form of Universal Healthcare Fiendish Thingy Feb 2020 #2

if these 18 countries can offer healthcare to all their residents, then why can't the US? Dietz Feb 2020 #4

Agreed. n/t MarcA Feb 2020 #10

Thank you for the info. n/t MarcA Feb 2020 #9

There are a lot more than 18 countries. subterranean Feb 2020 #5

Almost universal healthcare Dietz Feb 2020 #8

There is a sort of penalty in Japan. subterranean Feb 2020 #13

Yes but the systems in all those countries resemble M4A more than the ACA, even with a public option DanTex Feb 2020 #11

Should we bargain up or down? Dietz Feb 2020 #12

That's a good question and I don't know. DanTex Feb 2020 #14