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Originally Posted by Fuzz
But one system has a third partner, the shareholders who demand a return. So instead of all the money going to patient care, it gets split between the company, taxes they have to pay, salaries for pointless busywork that is unnecessary in a single payer system, shareholders, executives, buildings and infrastructure, software and IT, and holy #### no wonder US health care is twice as expensive as anywhere else on earth.
Ultimately the difference is there is a far lower percentage of money going to patient care.
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The tax payer is the third party in the public system and politicians know this and that is where the opposite happens (private shareholder = make more money vs Public taxpayer= wants less money taken (equals more money for tax payer).
Everyone (well almost) wants more money. And that is what drives the system. If a true cost only system were to be set up in either system, it would get corrupted by either cutting services to allow for more/sustained positions (in the case of public) or cutting services for greater profit (in the case of private).
This is human nature and I would doubt that it will change. There are countries that are more socialized and there may be some models to follow, but unless the entire population affected is on board I see it as a pending disaster in North America.