• Crunkle_Foreskin@kbin.social
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    In the UK where there’s universal healthcare, we had Dr. Harold Shipman who murdered a lot, and a current court case with Lucy Letby who killed 8 newborns. Malpractice happens in every system regardless of how it’s funded.

    Probably not the place for a discussion about healthcare systems on a meme shitpost thread, but I do think there’s better alternatives to universal healthcare where standards usually drop for everybody. Obviously, there’s some godawful private systems too, just look at America.

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      nice anecdotes. the data say more socialized systems have better performance overall, time and time again.

      i would link you, but being a smart conservative, i’m sure you know the googles and how to separate emotional arguments and facebook memes from reporting on data-driven studies.

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      I’ll note that it’s extremely hard to vet for that sort of behaviour in doctors and preempt the cases you’ve described from happening - they could have just as easily happened under private healthcare.

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      but I do think there’s better alternatives to universal healthcare where standards usually drop for everybody.

      Citations needed