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Originally Posted by Skybird
At no cost I would like to have the american system. General health insurance is one of the things I accept to be covered by our oprinciple of "social solidarity" our community is depending on. But the German system needs far-leading, reasonable reforms, too, to prevent the many daily abuses and manipulations.
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Thats exactly the point. The private for profit American system functions the best but its a discriminatory system. It works only for those that pay for it. The best always comes with the highest price tag and thats why its so unaffordable. And its not that the Canadian or the French or the British or the German systems don't or can't work, its that they require alot of maintenance to keep them functioning properly.
Any government program is vulnerable to bloated buraucracy and corruption but ultimately it has the potential to work better in the interests of society at large. And given the social imperative of health care, the private sector can't be trusted to do right by the patients. Its actually ingrained in law in the US. The corporation has a legal obligation to do right by its investors primarily. Thats a conflict of interest when we talk about an essential service.