Obamacare Going Down?

[PanzerJaeger]

Ganked from the GOP thread:


This is interesting—to which models are you referring? I'd like to read up a bit more on the alternatives. (Since we're all history nerds to greater or lesser degrees: Here's the original Heritage Foundation rollout for their conservative proposal of an "individual mandate." Wheels in the sky, keep on turnin' ...)

• Switzerland
• Taiwan
• Germany
• Netherlands
• France
• Japan (although the government probably spends too little)

The NHS is a mediocre, and in many ways antiquated, single payer system with distorted priorities. It's only really good at cutting costs quickly when funding levels are changed, but quality suffers accordingly.

Many Americans in favor of reform pine for the NHS because it is the most familiar single payer system most are aware of. However, whether one prefers to replace our current system with a mandate plus private insurance scheme such as Obamacare or a pure single payer scheme, there are far superior models to choose from.