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by sd8f9iu 2495 days ago
>But the fact that Germany or Denmark can do it doesn’t mean we can.

Where is the evidence of this? Healthcare is not the same as infrastructure. Medicare and Medicaid do a better job controlling costs than private insurers: https://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20190211/NEWS/19021...

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The entire second half of the comment you're responding to addresses this. You don't have to agree, but you can't reasonably rebut the whole comment by pretending he didn't address it.
The second part of OP's comment deals with the funding sources for public healthcare. I'm responding to the allegation that our government couldn't provide it in a cost effective manner in the first place. Where in the second half is this addressed?