SamuelRSmith said:
Notice that the cost of healthcare per citizen varies quite a bit between the states, and there's a strong link between the state's obesity level, and their healthcare costs.
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There is more to it than that of course.
Part of an effective healthcare system is education... Because if your patients don't need to go to a hostpital, then they won't cost you money.
Australia for example has had very successfull anti-smoking and obesity campaigns over the years, which does reduce rates.
The USA's healthcare system is bloated, slow, costly and inefficient compared to OECD nations and doesn't react fast enough.
Also... The European average is 3.18 Physicians per 1,000 people where-as the USA is just 2.2 per 1,000 people. That's roughly a 40% increase the amount of doctors available, that also tends to help... Yet you still end up paying almost twice the amount of money as the OECD average.
LadyJasmine said: If the USA stopped spending on defense it would cease to be the worlds superpower.
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It's going to stop being the worlds super power. It's a matter of when, not if. No empire has remained on top indefinitely.
Wiibaron said: I would like a system where if you don't need it, you don't have to pay for other people who do need it. I like the idea of single payer, but that won't work because we have way too many people who won't be paying their share. It's is not my fault or problem if someone else is sickly. And there are way too many people who are sickly due to their own choices. |
The thing with health is that... Health issues can arrise at any time during your life.
Tomorrow you could have a car accident and end up paralyzed unable to walk for the rest of your life. - Should you be denied help because you didn't pay a single cent as you spent your entire life telling everyone you didn't require it?
The best healthcare systems across the planet, in terms of overall costs, effictiveness and quality... Are those where everyone contributes to the health system for the benefit of everyone... Because *Everyone* at some point will need to use the health system in some capacity.
JRPGfan said:
LadyJasmine said: If the USA stopped spending on defense it would cease to be the worlds superpower.
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When you spend like 10 times as much as anyone else... nah.
Even if you cut it in half or more, US would still be a superpower.
Also that isnt even needed to get a working health care system in place.
The US already spends enough on health, you guys just dont use money well.
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You don't need to cut military spending for a better healthcare system.
More money isn't actually the answer, the USA already spends almost twice as much as the average OECD nation per capita.
It needs it's health system overhauled, made more efficient, more effictive... And get rid of all the stupid middlemen with their hands out asking for money.