Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by mrguyorama 1393 days ago
If that world class healthcare is only accessible to a small percentage of americans, does america really have world class healthcare?
1 comments
jhanschoo 1393 days ago
It's useful to separate, as the parent commenter did, the notion of healthcare quality (for those who can afford it), and the state of public health.
link
mrguyorama 1392 days ago
It's only useful in that it allows the US to still claim they have good healthcare. I disagree that it has any other utility.
link
jhanschoo 1392 days ago
You're ignoring, willfully or not, that the notion of a good quality of healthcare is useful in many dimensions, e.g. where you might want to go to learn cutting-edge techniques and best practices, or receive them if you can afford them.
link