Healthcare is a competitive disadvantage for the United States

Healthcare is a competitive disadvantage for the United States(criticalthinking.tumblr.com)

5 points by kevindavis 13 years ago | 4 comments

bediger4000 13 years ago |

I thought of this during the last Presidential Election. To create jobs, the USA should offer some kind of non-job-related health insurance. That would free people from having to keep a corporate drone job just because those are the only jobs that have good health insurance these days. Small businesses wouldn't have to worry about health care issues when hiring. I'm sure a number of other follow-effects, not all good, would follow.

Remind me again why the USA doesn't have some kind of nationalized health care? Is this so that MDs can mint money or something?

Mz 13 years ago | |

It's probably because we think "socialized" anything is a dirty word. And because we are a young country with a lot of stupid ideas.

It's complicated, I am sure.

drobilla 13 years ago |

I find the cognitive dissonance of Americans commenting on such things while still claiming silly titles like "the greatest country in the world" fascinating.

This one has a "besides Canada" footnote disclaimer. Why, because Canada does have a decent health care system? Sort of like... almost every single other first world nation except the USA?

kevindavis 13 years ago | |

A bit of an explanation.. I wrote this and I'm a Canadian (living in the US). Hence the tongue-in-cheek footnote.