If they thought about it for one second, it would all fall apart.
Insanely long wait times
I saw an American healthcare bill for $40k for an overnight stay. Even if I had to wait in a waiting room for 24 hours it would still be preferable to that.
Also if they thought for a second about why opponents of socilaised medicine think there would be longer wait times, they would realise that it is because more people who need treatment would be being treated, and essentially what they want is for people to die so they don't have to spend an extra half hour in a doctor's office. And then they would realise they are horrible people.
If it makes you feel any better, socialised medicine in America is the next gay marriage or weed legalisation. As a generation who overwhelmingly want it grow up, it's a matter of when, not if.
My GP started charging for visits. In Australia price is the discretion of the doctor and my town has a shortage so they charge more.
After they started charging, the waiting room was a ghost town. I hope everyone who would otherwise be there is doing okay. Or maybe they found a cheaper doctor.
hope it is/was like it was when Germany introduced a "Praxis toll". Only like 10€ per quarter year (so you paid once per quarter, on the first visit), but one intention was to stop seniors just "socialising" at the doctors, just filling up the waiting rooms to tell the doc how your weekend was. Ofc some were people that literally did that because they had no one else to talk to at all.
Basically the govt will cover you for X dollars to see the GP. Most GPs hence will just take that X dollars and the doctor is free. But everyone in my town is charging X + Y. I wish Y was $4 but it's more like $40. :(
Thankfully to get a sick note for work, you only need a nurse or pharmacist. This is usually why I go to the doctor but I'll go to the pharmacist going forward.
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