[ExI] Single Payer Healthcare

[Mark Walker]

Citizens in the US already pay more taxes directed at health care per
capita than almost all other developed nations:
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Yes, this is a stunning feat: we pay more in taxes than most universal
coverage nations. As I have argued, if we insist on not having a singe
payer system, then justice demands that we allow those not insured to treat
themselves:  http://jetpress.org/v20/walker.htm. For example, the uninsured
should be able to prescribe antibiotics for themselves, and be allowed (at
least) to pay for medical testing. What we have now is the perfect
combination of inefficiency and injustice.

Mark



Dr. Mark Walker
Richard L. Hedden Chair of Advanced Philosophical Studies
Department of Philosophy
New Mexico State University
P.O. Box 30001, MSC 3B
Las Cruces, NM 88003-8001
USA
http://www.nmsu.edu/~philos/mark-walkers-home-page.html

On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 9:55 PM, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:

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> >…1) They all spend far less on healthcare than the USA does.
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> >…2) Unlike the USA they all have Single Payer Healthcare.
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> >… So as a extropian do you think maybe those top 30 longevity countries
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> I would propose that we estimate what it would cost to have such a system,
> then as soon as the government is running a surplus at that level for three
> years in a row, we suggest to congress using that consistent surplus to
> create such a system.  Using the three previous years of enormous surplus
> we can at least make a dent in the huge bills we have racked up in the last
> 20 years.  Deal?
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