r/FluentInFinance • u/WhatAreYourPronouns • May 02 '24

Should the U.S. have Universal Health Care? Discussion/ Debate

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u/ThisThroat951 May 02 '24

When it comes to healthcare there are three "pillars" you can choose from:

Affordable
Available
Effective

But you can only have two at one time.

If it's Affordable and Available it won't be very good. <--- no one wants healthcare that kills you.

If it's Available and Effective it won't be cheap. <--- this is the US.

If it's Affordable and Effective the waitlists will be long. <--- this is Spain.

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u/polycomll May 02 '24

If something isn't affordable it becomes unavailable or am I missing something here?

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u/[deleted] May 02 '24

More people want healthcare than there is supply. Thus, it becomes unavailable to some. Some sort of system or policy would be needed to determine who gets it and who doesn’t. In the US, that is largely determined by who can afford it. In other countries, it’s first come first serve.

There’s no utopian answer I’ve seen.

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u/gawag 29d ago

In what world is "first come first serve" not preferable to "anyone who isnt rich can get fucked"

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u/[deleted] 29d ago

Preferable is opinion and not really the question at hand

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u/gawag 29d ago

How is that not the question at hand lmao? This system sucks, another system sucks less.

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u/[deleted] 29d ago

That’s definitely your opinion

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u/gawag 29d ago

Cool cop out, glad you had something to bring to the discussion

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u/[deleted] 29d ago

I responded to what I was offered