> All of my relatives in Canada come over to the US for any major surgery. The reason? The wait time is in years, instead of weeks and some can't get the surgery at all.
I'm in one the largest and wealthiest metro areas of the US, and there is a 6+ month waiting list to see mental health professionals.
> "So wealthy people get access to better care and everyone else has to take whatever is available" The alternative is that everyone gets access to sub-par care.
When I lived in Manhattan, despite living right down the street from some of the best paid surgeons in the country, my wealthy clients would fly overseas to France and Israel for their surgeries.
The fact is that countries with universal health care have better health outcomes, better quality of care, shorter wait times for care, pay half of what the US does and manage to cover all of their citizens. Each of those statements of fact can be cited here[1].
I'm in one the largest and wealthiest metro areas of the US, and there is a 6+ month waiting list to see mental health professionals.
> "So wealthy people get access to better care and everyone else has to take whatever is available" The alternative is that everyone gets access to sub-par care.
When I lived in Manhattan, despite living right down the street from some of the best paid surgeons in the country, my wealthy clients would fly overseas to France and Israel for their surgeries.
The fact is that countries with universal health care have better health outcomes, better quality of care, shorter wait times for care, pay half of what the US does and manage to cover all of their citizens. Each of those statements of fact can be cited here[1].
[1] https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collection/quality...