re: #34 Bagua

The problems with the NHS for example, are not the quality or work of the doctors or nurses, rather it is the massive bureaucratic waste that leads to the inefficiencies such as large waiting lists.

Medicare covers 45 million people and doesn’t have large waiting lists… Hospitals love it. They pay in 30 days and you don’t have to haggle with them. Private insurers take months to pay and then fight over every penny causing the hospitals to spent huge sums arguing their case and ultimately accepting less than promised. So given the option of getting paid $100 in 30 days or being promised $125 but actually receiving $110 after a year or haggling, it’s better to deal with Medicare.