Mythbusters: Canadian Healthcare Edition
Feb. 6th, 2008 09:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
oselleThis is a must-read for those who are both pro- and con-national healthcare.
It includes two of my all-time favorite arguments against national healthcare: first, the completely wacked-out notion that access to good, affordable healthcare will somehow encourage people to be wildly reckless about their own health. There's never been one shred of evidence to support that claim and yet plenty of people believe it. Second, that national healthcare eliminates "choice," as in, choice of doctors and treatments. Um, I don't know about you, but I don't have any choice. My employer chose my insurance company, and the insurance company chooses what doctors I can see and what treatments I can get. Oh sure, I can "choose" to shop around for my own insurance company or go to doctors of my "choice," but oh wait...no I can't. Because I could never afford to do those things. Saying that corporate-controlled healthcare offers "choice" is like saying hey, we can all "choose" to drive a Ferrari or live in the Hamptons. If you can't afford it, you can't choose it. Period. I don't know what about that is so hard to understand.
A truly excellent read.
http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/mythbusting-canadian-health-care-part-i
It includes two of my all-time favorite arguments against national healthcare: first, the completely wacked-out notion that access to good, affordable healthcare will somehow encourage people to be wildly reckless about their own health. There's never been one shred of evidence to support that claim and yet plenty of people believe it. Second, that national healthcare eliminates "choice," as in, choice of doctors and treatments. Um, I don't know about you, but I don't have any choice. My employer chose my insurance company, and the insurance company chooses what doctors I can see and what treatments I can get. Oh sure, I can "choose" to shop around for my own insurance company or go to doctors of my "choice," but oh wait...no I can't. Because I could never afford to do those things. Saying that corporate-controlled healthcare offers "choice" is like saying hey, we can all "choose" to drive a Ferrari or live in the Hamptons. If you can't afford it, you can't choose it. Period. I don't know what about that is so hard to understand.
A truly excellent read.
http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/mythbusting-canadian-health-care-part-i