Difference between revisions of "Health Care"
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{{DES | des = Despite superior results from socialized health care in every developed nation, libertarians insist on privatizing.}} | {{DES | des = Despite superior results from socialized health care in every developed nation, libertarians insist on privatizing.}} | ||
The highest health care costs in the developed world are in the US, where conservatives have kept the system largely private. The rest of the world has more socialized health care systems. In the US, the portions of the health care system that are socialized ([[Medicare]], [[Medicaid]], the VA health system) are much more economical than the private sector. | The highest health care costs in the developed world are in the US, where conservatives have kept the system largely private. The rest of the world has more socialized health care systems. In the US, the portions of the health care system that are socialized ([[Medicare]], [[Medicaid]], the VA health system) are much more economical than the private sector. | ||
[[Singapore]] also seems to have a really good and economical health care system that is in large part private, but this is done though [[Central Planning|centrally planned]] "managed capitalism", which libertarians would describe as government interference with markets. | [[Singapore]] also seems to have a really good and economical health care system that is in large part private, but this is done though [[Central Planning|centrally planned]] "managed capitalism", which libertarians would describe as government interference with markets. | ||
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