Mexico is interested in copying Canada's health care system

[applegrove]

for Mexico. Just seen on CBC news. Mexico is getting wealthier.

[hunter]

1. There are at least a dozen good health care systems that the U.S.A. could copy...

... to improve the lives of everyone but we can't have any of them because they are not "whites only" or are contrary to the twisted ideologies of our billionaires and/or prosperity gospel Christians.

[applegrove]

2. That is the first thing I thought of.

[RainCaster]

3. None of those systems will ever happen in America

Why? Because DC is run by lobbyists. Many of those lobbyists belong to the insurance companies. Companies that exist no where else in the world.

[fujiyamasan]

4. Yes, the country basically allowed health insurance companies grow

To where they’re perceived to be too big to fail. Just look at United healthcare. It has a market cap of over $300 billion. Even after all the bad practices, it got a huge investment from Berkshire because its cash flow is still so insane and it was still seen as having a lot of “value”. What that value is to either the doctor or the patient, I have no idea, but the monstrosity makes a lot of money.

The closest we got to anything resembling universal healthcare during the Obama care negotiations was the public option which was shot down by Lieberman and Baucus, both receiving a lot of money from healthcare and pharmaceutical companies.

[hunter]

8. These industries are more interested in the size of the money streams they control...

... than the cost or effectiveness of the health care they are selling.

That's why we have the most expensive health care in the world which is mediocre at best, even for the wealthy.

[fujiyamasan]

10. Yes, and it's all state sanctioned

It’s mind boggling how corrupt our crony capitalist system is.

[Emile]

7. Predatory insurance capitalists pull the strings on the politicians.

[SSJVegeta]

5. This alone would surge Mexicos economy exponentially

[Aristus]

9. I would think so.

When health care is not tied to employment, it encourages people to start their own businesses. Small businesses don't have to choose between offering prospective employees a competitive wage or a health insurance package. People don't have to defer health care because they can't afford it, leading to more sickness, more absenteeism, and decreased production.

People love to deride France's laid-back work culture, and long, out-of-the-office lunches. But the World Health Organization dubbed France's the most productive workforce in the world. But try to get American CEO's with their "you need to work harder for my wealth" worldview to understand that.

[area51]

6. 2017 Trump:

“I shouldn’t say this to a great gentleman and my friend from Australia because you have better health care than we do.”

source.