[ExI] Single Payer Healthcare

[Stathis Papaioannou]

On Wed., 29 Mar. 2017 at 9:41 am, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:

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> *From:* extropy-chat [mailto:extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org] *On
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> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 28, 2017 3:15 PM
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> *To:* ExI chat list <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [ExI] Single Payer Healthcare
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> On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 5:32 PM, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:
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> Our best bet is to find the best solution.  That is done by having 50
> different experiments going simultaneously.  We find the best one and the
> rest do likewise.
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> ​Let's be practical, ​
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> ​by the time the results of those new 50 experiments come in most of us
> will be dead from old age, but we already have the experimental results
> from 30 countries and the results are very clear. I'm certain none of those
> 30 countries have the perfect healthcare solution, but the perfect
> shouldn't be the enemy of the good.  ​
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> John K Clark
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> Ja, that argument ignores the fact that the Federal government cannot
> balance the budget now.  So adding more expenses will not balance it; just
> the opposite.  Single payer advocates never explain what happens when the
> medics send the bills to the single payer then don’t get paid.
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In the case of Greece, they stop providing or limit the services, and then
it reverts to services for those who can pay.

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Stathis Papaioannou
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