US Healthcare Problems
Comments criticize the dysfunctional, expensive US healthcare system, debating its political causes, vested interests, failed reforms, and comparisons to nationalized systems.
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The US "Health Care" system seems to be taking the piss though:https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/15/unitedhealthcare_ai_m...
That says a lot more about the dysfunctional US healthcare system than it does about the author.
the problem with healthcare in America is not “the market”
Not in the US's healthcare system as it is now. Good luck with that idea.
That's US healthcare for you.
Yes, the US has a messed up healthcare system. It's terrible, but it's not something that tech can fix. It's a political problem, so this is politics and is disappointing to see politics at top of HN.
Aaaaaaand that's why we need healthcare reform in the US.
It sounds like nationalized healthcare is the real issue here.
You forgot socialized healthcare
Probably because it violates both their parties beliefs.The problem for some of us in the USA is that we have seen government health care run the USA way. I lived under IHS (Indian Health Service) for a big chunk of my life. They came about 6 hours from killing my Dad and my brothers records "disappeared" and he has a mis-diagnosed back. Google "don't get sick after june" for the typical problems. I myself had a botched root canal (3 surgeries afterwords) and lesser back problems.Given