Instead of discussing whether we should first reduce the rate of fatal errors or first reform who pays for healthcare, why not just do both? If you have a good idea how to reduce fatal errors, I'd love to hear it. A way to reduce the number of people dying simply because they're sick while poor, is certainly single-payer
France and Germany are two perfect examples why workers electing part of the board is superior to strong unions. In the US, the vast majority of workers don't work for unionized businesses, but it is my understanding that those who do have it relatively well, while maybe some of them even have it too welld based on what you say here. I know in France they have very strong unions by law, and they suffer from mass unemployment, constant strikes.
If you have workers electing a part of the corporate board, then workers won't elect "radicals" into the union leadership anymore, that demand productivity crippling working conditions. When workers elect half the board, their representatives make compromises with the stockholders, then I imagine workers won't want people in union leadership who destroy that deal by going on an unnecessary strike for a 100$/h wage.
You seem to like the way German businesses are run, and since our corporate boards are half controlled by workers, maybe that is why working conditions are good but not unnecessarily luxurious
Single payer is another example of a grand idea with no plan put forth for implementation. What all will be covered? Who will be covered, citizens or anyone that walks into the hospital? How will it be funded? How will costs be controlled? Will the existing medical insurance industry go away? If so, how will the current shareholders be compensated for their losses? How will single payer help with access to medical services in rural areas? There are a lot of questions out there that need to be answered before we can say single payer will help.
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How do you know "radicals" wouldn't be elected? We have elections for political offices and continue to elect what I would consider "radicals" to office, on the left and on the right. Why would workers act any different electing members of the board than the general population does when electing those to political offices?
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In Germany it works, I'd probably have to study sociology to know exactly why. You said it yourself, German companies tend to be quite efficient, despite or maybe because their workers elect half the board.
I think at this point, Americans would be quite happy to just literally copy and paste any Western European healthcare system, whether for example the UK, Germany or France. That should answer all the questions you have about who is covered, how prices are controlled etc. Healthcare Triage on YouTube has a great series on the healthcare system in many countries
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Not all Americans would be happy to copy a European healthcare system, "some" Americans I am sure would be. Some of us Americans want less government than we have now, not more.
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You're right, not all Americans want Medicare For All or a specific European system, and those who don't are very strongly opposed to it. But 70% of Americans are for it, including 52% of Republicans in one poll https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/403248-poll-seventy-percent-of-americans-support-medicare-for-all
The average of polls is probably around 65% nationally and a plurality of 40-45% of Republicans, but still more Republicans are for it than against
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A single payer system for all medical services is far different from Medicare. I'm all for Medicare, completely support it. But it is a real stretch to compare care for the elderly or those in need to a single payer system for all medical services for the everyone of any age.
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Why is it different? You're literally just giving what you give to elders to everyone. The justification isn't entirely the same, sure, but it certainly works the same way, just guaranteeing healthcare to all people, instead of all people above a certain age
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