ECSNorway Wrote:So, Catty, how much choice is there for private insurance, and how good is the quality of coverage? How much does it cost? My psoriasis treatments cost (my insurer) upwards of $30k/year, would the Danish government healthcare pay that? Or would they deem it a "cosmetic" problem and dismiss it, as I had one insurer try to in the past?
I'm fairly certain it would be covered. Private insurance is very expensive, but I don't know hard numbers. For what it's worth the danes are the population that is happiest with their healthcare system world wide according to CNN.
ECSNorway Wrote:What happens if I want to send my kids to a school not approved by whoever hands out the money for that particular program?
Then you don't get the money of course.
But the options tend to be quite far ranging, forinstance IIRC correctly all certified US schools are covered. Exactly what is covered and what is not differs from time to time as administrations and budget pressures shift, much like medicaid changes over the years in what and how it covers.Quote:Yeah, that'd pretty much kill the US economy right there.
As I said the US could not afford it. Also a Jarring, sudden change would induce a lot of shocks to the system, you would need to build towards something like this over several decades. Also consider everything that is saved, most of my friends pay more on their student loans than I do on my mortgage, and my healthcare benefits would be a very sizable portion of my paycheck if it was paid to me, the difference with the danish system is that you see it before you need to give it to the goverment, the money is still going to healthcare either way.
This also means that if you lose your job you don't lose your healthcare, which can be a major consideration with a chronic illness, esspecially an expensive one. Some people can't be employed at a small buisness because it would drive the buisness insurance premiums way up.
look at it this way, suppose you get into a car accident, the police will show up without you having to pay for it, (in most places) the firebrigade will also show up without having to pay for it, but the ambulance might bankrupt you.
In theory I have no problem with a private for-profit health care system, but then you must allow such things as throwing patients who can't pay anymore out of the hospital, even if that would kill them. Needless to say I wouldn't want to live under such a system, but if you don't you get the problem 'who pays', and if it's collective then it's not a good idea to run it as a for-profit.
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