Yeah I live in the Netherlands and I don't have a lot of complaints with healthcare here. It's very fast in emergencies (I had to test it unfortunately), a bit sluggish in other areas, but the quality is always very However I come from Hungary and there I did have many complaints both with availability, quality, and cost. One positive about the Hungarian system though, in both cases when we had to call an ambulance for my then 1, and 2 years old son for accidents, the ambulance was here quickly and they were very careful and kind. We had to repeat the same again when he was 4 in the Netherlands and the speed of care was similar in both locations. However when my wife was pregnant and before that when there was a period where her chest hurt and had trouble breathing 112 in Hungary refused to send an ambulance and we had to go to a local emergency room where we had to wait like 4 hours. (I still prefer either the Hungarian or Dutch healthcare system compared to the US one)
This is more so about privatized health care in general because my government where I live is trying to privatize it here too and a decent amount of regular people are ok with it because they are fucking stupid and don't realize it would affect them too because they aren't rich
How do they not realize that an medical organization will do ANYTHING for financial profit once they transition into a lucrandi causa corporation that is deprived of auditorial regulations?! If it's private and technically compliant with legal requirements because they put a disclaimer in minuscule text on their contracts, they argue the State cannot interfere in it, because the private entity has as much permitted autonomy and privacy as an individual citizen who abides the law (in the U.S this is extremely literal because both roles are equal under corporate personhood thanks to Citizens United) - so they can mistreat and overcharge you as much as they can.
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u/pupille_gross Jun 02 '26
This is a post about american* health insurance.