[Karunamon]

Anyone who's had extensive dealings with the VA would be glad to share why they are not interested in single payer. Making that switch will not remove the incompetence, poor staffing lack of care, lack of accountability, and so forth.

Some sane standards need to be drafted and then enforced, hard and fast, before we start mandating how healthcare is paid for.

[arcticbull]

And anyone who has dealt with socialized medicine in the OECD will tell you the exact opposite :) Wholesale reform is needed, and that can certainly be part of the package. However, parceling it out is a great way to achieve absolutely nothing as evidenced by the current morass.

[xyzzyz]

Huh? I have experience with “socialized medicine” in Poland, and, in short, it’s shit.

[arcticbull]

Heh, maybe not the whole OECD but [1] America ranks near the bottom as-is.

[1] https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/best-heal...

[rascul]

Interesting to look at the population from your link. The United States appears to be doing the best (LPI 2020 ranked 18) out of all the countries with population over 100 million. After Japan (ranked 19) the next closest are China (54) and Indonesia (57). I'm not sure what relevance this might have, I just found it interesting. The CEO rankings show a much different picture.

[arcticbull]

If I had to guess, one is weighting access to care differently than the other. America's system is good but not top tier if you can get it. It's really bad if you can't.