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{{DES | des = Despite superior results from socialized health care in every developed nation, libertarians insist on privatizing. Public health is the outstanding government success story. The sewers of Rome have saved far more lives than the legions of Rome ever killed. Killing by governments is tiny compared to the lives saved by government-eradicated smallpox alone. | show=}}
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{{DES | des = Despite superior results from socialized health care in every developed nation, libertarians insist on privatizing. Public health is the outstanding government success story. The sewers of Rome have saved far more lives than the legions of Rome ever killed. Killing by governments is tiny compared to the lives saved by government-eradicated smallpox alone. Libertarians frequently insist that [[Private Charity]] could replace socialized health care, but it has never done this anywhere in history. | show=}}
  
 
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.

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