Lots of people agreeing to something is hard I guess. I don't which country has the closest to US population and better health benefit. But in terms of economies of scale at least the parental leave things doesn't require as much economies of scale.
But another thing the sparse argument fail to account the reverse side. US essentially has a big chunk of the resource of a continent for a very little amount of benefit. That has to count for something. It also benefits from some of the worlds most people moving there so I don't think having resource to provide better health care is the issue. From the comments that I read I think two ideas are prevalent that stops this.
- I'm healthy so why should I pay for another's healthcare
- I can better afford it so I should receive higher quality care
Now some definitely have ideological issue but I think at the grassroot level this is a big part of the cause.
But another thing the sparse argument fail to account the reverse side. US essentially has a big chunk of the resource of a continent for a very little amount of benefit. That has to count for something. It also benefits from some of the worlds most people moving there so I don't think having resource to provide better health care is the issue. From the comments that I read I think two ideas are prevalent that stops this.
- I'm healthy so why should I pay for another's healthcare - I can better afford it so I should receive higher quality care
Now some definitely have ideological issue but I think at the grassroot level this is a big part of the cause.