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t0mpr1c3yesterday at 10:06 PM3 repliesview on HN

Every country has for-profit elements in their healthcare system. The USA is uniquely dysfunctional in its governance. There is regulatory capture at every level.


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JumpCrisscrossyesterday at 10:22 PM

> Every country has for-profit elements in their healthcare system

You’re right. The Swiss system is deeply privatized, down to compulsory private insurance [1]. It just isn’t as opaque and corrupt as the American one.

Part of the problem with the American system is everyone is cynical with respect to reform, and has a singular bogeyman they’re convinced explains all of the problem, with zero room for multiple causation.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthcare_in_Switzerland

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chompyesterday at 10:23 PM

This is an obtuse comment because it doesn't mean anything. Yes we all know that every country has for-profit elements. We also all know that every country has social elements in their system. And non-profit elements.

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