Dr. Parisi, who spent less than 24 hours in Cancún, was paid $2,700, or three times what he would have received from Medicare
This illustrates perfectly the point I (and most everyone on Europe) tries to get to Americans and often they - for some weird reason - refuse to understand: healthcare can be cheaper and better to everyone (yes, this means that universal healthcare can and is cheaper on the taxpayers in most of the EU than for American taxpayers... with ours being universal), if you just understand that the middle man you created by wanting the state out of it, is getting most of the money.
I’m not sure I understand your point. The surgery was done in a private hospital and paid for by a private health insurance company. It certainly points out that care in the U.S. is too expensive, but I’m not sure how it indicates a single payer system is the best course of action. The doctor was also paid 3x the Medicare rate which sounds like a good thing to me. Am I missing something?
Medicare for all is incredibly popular when you compare our system as a whole to others. The perception of loss, that people will suffer waiting in line or that their trusted doctor will be unavailable, has been the lynchpin in the campaign advocating for middlemen. Scare tactics are tried and true here in the U.S.
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This illustrates perfectly the point I (and most everyone on Europe) tries to get to Americans and often they - for some weird reason - refuse to understand: healthcare can be cheaper and better to everyone (yes, this means that universal healthcare can and is cheaper on the taxpayers in most of the EU than for American taxpayers... with ours being universal), if you just understand that the middle man you created by wanting the state out of it, is getting most of the money.
It's really so simple to understand...
I’m not sure I understand your point. The surgery was done in a private hospital and paid for by a private health insurance company. It certainly points out that care in the U.S. is too expensive, but I’m not sure how it indicates a single payer system is the best course of action. The doctor was also paid 3x the Medicare rate which sounds like a good thing to me. Am I missing something?
He literally said "healthcare can be cheaper and better", and this story definitely proves that.
Medicare for all is incredibly popular when you compare our system as a whole to others. The perception of loss, that people will suffer waiting in line or that their trusted doctor will be unavailable, has been the lynchpin in the campaign advocating for middlemen. Scare tactics are tried and true here in the U.S.
Healthcare in Europe IS NOT SIGNIFICANTLY cheaper. It is just someone else footing the bill for you.