What Will The Democrats' Platform Be In 2020?

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(06-14-2019, 08:22 PM)hollodero Wrote: That's not true. We have something probably at least pretty similar to single payer and I never ever heard anyone say "I wish our system was more like in the US". We have good doctors, there was no "exodus" in any way, by all measures available to me our health is better than in the US. At lesser overall cost, obviously.

And sure many specialists are found in the US and some more exotic or complicated illnesses can be treated there alone, but that's not because doctors can get richer there (rather that it's a very big country that of course has more top specialists to offer than other smaller countries). But by no means is all medical excellence assembled in the US. In other cases, Germany or some other European countries are the best place for treatment, even with the universal healthcare system in place.

With all do respect, Austria is much different that the US.  (and I don't mean that in a negative way)  For one, Austria has a population of only 8.7M people, and the US is over 330M.  The logistics involved with managing such a minute population are much different than that of a Nation with a population as large, and with as many diverse lifestyles as ours has.  

I might change my mind, if an entire US State, one with a major metropolis as well as vast rural territories, were to adopt that method and make it successful.  Maybe a State like Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Gerorgia.  Those States offer a good example of a balance between Urban and Rural, with both populaces being vital to the States total economy.  If one of those States could make it work for 20 years?  I'd be likely to vote for it at the Federal level.