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0 pointsJumpCrisscross3y ago0 comments

> but ... this is actually the crux of the issue

I'm not sure it is. Universal healthcare is orthogonal to private health insurance. That's the lesson of Switzerland's example. I don't believe this is commonly known or accepted in American politics. Instead, any attempt at reform is pitched and vilified as an attempt to end private health insurance and healthcare.

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PaulDavisThe1st3y ago

It may not be commonly known in the USA. However, I'm a european immigrant of 33 years, and it's well known to me.

However, "private health insurance" is not, in and of itself, really "a thing". Only "private health insurance plus a regulatory structure for it". It is in this department that the US falls over so badly, while, for example, Switzerland gets it (mostly) right.

bhupy3y ago

Not sure why you're getting downvoted, but this is exactly correct. Universal healthcare != public healthcare.

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