So how is Venezuela Healthcare looking these days?
related data in two years. It showed soaring infant and maternal mortality rates. Pregnancy-related deaths rose 66% and 11,466 infants died – a 30% increase
Instead, patients are expected to bring any medicine or supplies needed for their treatment themselves.
See you can pick a 3rd world Country like Chile but why do you ignore Venezuela?
And Chile is a a mix system and not a single payer system for all. You pay either 7% or 9% for the 2 insurances and you have a mix of Private and Government funded Hospitals and doctors.
FONASA beneficiaries may use public or private health facilities if the private health facility or health professional is associated with Fonasa in one of three pricing levels.
The level of protection offered by ISAPREs depends on the worker’s income and medical risk, estimated by age, sex, family medical history, etc.
So hospitals closing is not a sign of a socialist system. It happens in their system and ours. Probably not a good reason to condemn one system and not the other, right? I mean, logically speaking. If it’s just politics, go right ahead.
Actually, an exception shows the “rule” is not absolute and the language in the rule should reflect that. So the rule needs to be rewritten to use “may”.
And Chile, is not a good comparison as well. Since the Health Care system that was started was when the Military Controlled the Country and then when it became democratic the Private companies began to expand on it.
So if we can’t compare Venezuela’s SINGLE PAYER system then you can’t use Chile either.
The problem is NO country is going to be comparable to the USA we are Unique and we will need to find a system that works better for the USA not what work’s for others.
I am all for a Single Payer System but i have complete lack of faith in that the USA Federal Government will do any better to what we have currently. And States will mess it up as well especially when some states like CT are in the Red.
Two things. I’m not making an argument. An “argument” implies that I have a notion that I can change anyone’s mind on here. Minds on here are so far off planet as to be in the Ooort Cloud.
And two while technically the -cortez woman isn’t a commie…she’s a commie or at best a commie in the making. Well, a juvenile delinquent commie. Better?
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez she Identifies her self as a Democratic-Socialist.
So everyone can sit here and claim she isn’t a Socialist but then maybe you should educate her on what a real socialist is.
Here is the wiki definition:
Democratic socialism is a political philosophy that advocates political democracy alongside social ownership of the means of production[1] with an emphasis on self-management and democratic management of economic institutions within a market socialist, participatory or decentralized planned economy.[2] Democratic socialists hold that capitalism is inherently incompatible with what they hold to be the democratic values of liberty, equality and solidarity; and that these ideals can only be achieved through the realization of a socialist society. Democratic socialism can be supportive of either revolutionary or reformist politics as a means to establish socialism
Democratic socialists believe that both the economy and society should be run democratically—to meet public needs, not to make profits for a few. To achieve a more just society, many structures of our government and economy must be radically transformed through greater economic and social democracy so that ordinary Americans can participate in the many decisions that affect our lives.
I am a saying that we cannot compare the two economies of the US and Venezuela. There are deep fundamental differences as to how each country gains wealth. Venezuela has basically a single export and did well when those prices were high. They chose to not foster any other domestic production for export. Along with really stupid monetary policy, they are in the situation that they are in today.
One cannot also compare the economy of Chile and the US… yet somehow they have a higher life expectancy than us.
