Mr Khan said:
HappySqurriel said:
Soleron said:
HappySqurriel said:
While I'm against universal healthcare, having government provided health insurance for all citizens to cover non-preventable illnesses and injuries is reasonable ...
After all, preventable illnesses and injuries represent the bulk of healthcare costs which means this insurance would not be that expensive; and since they couldn't prevent the illness or injury the moral hazzard is fairly minimal. |
What is the difference between those two? Do you mean everything except smoking and obesity related illnesses? I don't think people choose to do those things based on whether the state would pay for treatment or not.
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No, non-preventable illnesses and injuries are actually relatively rare ... Most illnesses and injuries have a large element of preventability to them.
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So you mean a safety net for medical injuries incurred through freak incidents of mass murder or a train crash or something?
Sounds good to me. It would certainly be more politically realistic to pitch than universal care, at least.
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Those sorts of things are so rare that it ends up happening anyway, at least in the early stages.
I suppose Obamacare goes some way to ensuring that people have adequate protection for when these sorts of things happen, but I'm not a fan of the methodology.
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