return2ozma@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 11 days agoWhat would realistically happen if universal healthcare went into effect in the US and healthcare was no longer tied to jobs?message-squaremessage-square136linkfedilinkarrow-up1157arrow-down13
arrow-up1154arrow-down1message-squareWhat would realistically happen if universal healthcare went into effect in the US and healthcare was no longer tied to jobs?return2ozma@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 11 days agomessage-square136linkfedilink
minus-squareStarya67@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 days agoThe NHS has hospital administrators too (too many of them, even). And pensions somehow manage to invest well enough, probably because they have experts.
minus-squareUranus_Hz@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 days agoDid those pensions have large stakes in stable, profitable, health insurance companies that suddenly went poof? Or was that never the case?
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·10 days agoCompanies don’t just vanish when you nationalize them
minus-squareUranus_Hz@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 days agoWhy would we nationalize health insurance companies? If health care is nationalized, health insurance companies no longer serve any purpose.
The NHS has hospital administrators too (too many of them, even). And pensions somehow manage to invest well enough, probably because they have experts.
Did those pensions have large stakes in stable, profitable, health insurance companies that suddenly went poof? Or was that never the case?
Companies don’t just vanish when you nationalize them
Why would we nationalize health insurance companies? If health care is nationalized, health insurance companies no longer serve any purpose.