Quote:I have no problems with a governmental healthcare system like medicare for everyone. If private insurance wants to do business, they can cater to those that can afford their price.
But having a market driven healthcare system is a failure and it is time to work with a different system that ensures a healthy country for everyone (depending on factors of health withstanding).
If you read what I mentioned about the possible outcome of having an universal healthcare system, you'll know that it isn't that simple. Your proposal could lead to a great injustice - Those who can't afford private, end up using public whether it's good or bad, while those who can will go to the best private hospital/clinics. We all know the best doctors work in private because they provide an above average service with few supply and the demand is higher, therefore they can have the luxury of charging how much they want, and considering private clinics can make lots of profit, many doctors will opt for working in private to make more money. Where I live doctors in public work simultaneously in private to make more money, since there have been salary cuts in public function.
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you
