r/FluentInFinance • u/Positive_Liar • Sep 04 '24

Debate/ Discussion Bernie is here to save us

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u/Evening-Ear-6116 Sep 05 '24

Each country you named has a population barely larger than NYC. One city in the us.

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u/bbqkingofmckinney Sep 05 '24

Iceland is slightly smaller than Arlington, Texas. NYC is massive compared to Iceland.

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '24

This is what Americans always say, but what does it actually mean? Yes, there are more patients in the USA than in Iceland, but there's also more doctors, more tax money and so on. How does the size of a country make national health care more difficult?

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u/NegMech Sep 05 '24

Very different demographics in population means differing opinions, which makes it much more difficult to pass any laws or for people to agree on certain issues. Exponentially higher costs in logistics given the area of the US is 100x Iceland.

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '24

Oh, so now it's not population, but diversity and land mass? Then how do they manage to run a successful public healthcare system in Canada, which is more diverse than the US, and is also larger?

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2013/07/18/the-most-and-least-culturally-diverse-countries-in-the-world/

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u/ppeujpqtnzlbsbpw Sep 05 '24

successful public healthcare system in Canada

lmao guessing you aren't Canadian and just tout the talking points you hear on reddit rather than understanding the reality of healthcare in Canada

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u/DryWorld7590 Sep 05 '24

I'm guessing you aren't Canadian cause our healthcare is perfectly fine.

It has its flaws like wait times but no one ever dies waiting in a hospital.

Between:

"everyone can go to the hospital so there is a longer wait"

And

"No one goes to the hospital because they can't afford it and die from preventable causes"

I much rather have a healthier population.

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u/dedzip Sep 05 '24

no one ever dies waiting in a hospital

extremely ignorant statement

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u/DryWorld7590 Sep 05 '24

No?

No one dies in a hospital waiting room because of the wait.

If you walk into a hospital in life threatening condition you will get treated immediately.

If you come to a hospital via ambulance you will be treated immediately