Tim
Tim
Nov 1 · 2 min read

It’s funny how arguments for socialized healthcare never cover the truly important factors, like how a lack of for-profit also means:

  1. Outdated treatment.
  2. Outdated equipment.
  3. Overworked and under-trained staff.
  4. A tragic loss of research & development which means lives lost because there are no new drugs or practices to treat. Such an event would impact not just the US but the world because the US is the #1 resource for R&D.
  5. A loss in skill overall because the pay grade for medical professionals has been driven down. Thus, you no longer have the best and brightest entering the medical field.
  6. Way fewer specialists.
  7. Waiting lines on which people die.
  8. Government officials determining who gets treated for what and when.
  9. To make matters worse, medical personnel ultimately take on a production-line approach to patients, trying to treat more patients quicker because of government pressure, which ultimately means important things get missed. Thus, loss of care.

All the above equate to one thing:

An untold loss of lives.

Then, of course, there’s the feasibility factor. Many countries here in Europe with socialized healthcare are learning that socialized healthcare isn’t actually sustainable long-term, especially those with aging populations or an aging population that outnumbers the young, such as what you have in the US.

That is worsened still because every forecast regarding cost is always, ALWAYS less than what the true cost is. That will prove true with Medicare-for-All.

See, an ugly truth about socialized healthcare is it creates unlimited demand on decidedly limited resources.

Better be careful, people in the US. Going down the road Warren’s offering is going to be a lot worse than what you have now. She’s selling you a pipe-dream in order to get your vote.

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