Thread by @1mabloom

Many countries have excellent health care systems, but out of 39 I.M.F. advanced economy countries, we are #37. We can & should do better…

The other 2 bottom countries are Puerto Rico and Cyprus

It would be helpful to research how the "better healthcare" countries do health care. One might start by reading en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_sy…

When reading "Health_systems_by_country", I'd skip countries not designated Advanced Economies at the following link en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developed…

Three good examples include:
𝟏. 𝗙͟𝗿͟𝗮͟𝗻͟𝗰͟𝗲
In 2000, the W.H.O. declared that France provided the "best overall health care" in the world.
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𝟮. 𝗜͟𝘁͟𝗮͟𝗹͟𝘆
In 2000, WHO declared that Italy had the world's "second overall best" healthcare system.
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𝟯. 𝗚͟𝗿͟𝗲͟𝗲͟𝗰͟𝗲
In the 2000 World Health Organization report, the Greek healthcare system was ranked as "one of the best in the world."
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All but 3 (U.S., Puerto Rico, and Cyprus) Advanced Economy countries offer universal healthcare. Many provide for private alternatives.
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One thing that becomes clear from the evidence, is that when insurance companies are required, health costs skyrocket.
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It's what happens when 𝘯𝘰𝘯-𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 profit from the work of providers, and their only competition comes from other 𝘯𝘰𝘯-𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴.
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Compare the USPS with UPS and Fedex. Not only do we ㏊ve the lowest cost, highest postal quality of any country, but USPS lowers UPS prices
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Similarly, competition from a no-profit insurance co would help to reduce the enormous drain i㎱urance companies place on health care cosʦ.
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So, I propose creating a FederaⅡy owned I㎱urance. Co. that would compete with other I㎱urance Companies to proⅵde serⅵce but not take profit
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Without the goal being to increase stockholder proflts, workers are hired to help patienʦ get the right care, not flnd excuses to deny care!
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People will choose either the federally owned HealthCo or Anthem or Humana or whichever they feel best meets their own criteria.
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That will make the private insurance companies WORK for their share of the pie, and provide incentive for them to eliminate waste.
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Other companies will still be free to charge more to cover "luxury" services (such as house calls or hospital "celebrity floors").
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Making companies compete against a non-proflt company is the only way to direct market forces to 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙨𝙖𝙘𝙧𝙡𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙨.
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Looking at where the healthcare dollar goes in other countries, it is clear that the insurance companies are OUR healthcare "swamp".

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