It is astonishing how far the debate on healthcare has moved in the US, at least for the Democrats. Not long ago offering universal, government-funded healthcare was viewed as tantamount to communism; now, it\u2019s a touchstone of many presidential hopefuls.<\/p>\n
Not before time. The US healthcare system is a monument to perverse incentives, unintended consequences and political inertia. It is astonishingly bad \u2014 indeed, it\u2019s so astonishingly bad that even people who believe it\u2019s bad don\u2019t appreciate quite how bad it is<\/strong>.<\/p>\n I don\u2019t say this out of any great devotion to the UK alternative. The National Health Service works well enough for a vast tax-funded bureaucracy, but it might work better if we didn\u2019t view any attempt at reform as the desecration of a holy institution. Nor do I have bad experiences of US healthcare. My daughter was born in America, where my family had sensitive and expert medical care. But that\u2019s what you\u2019d expect with a good health insurance plan \u2014 something that many Americans don\u2019t have.<\/p>\n Read it all<\/a> (subscription) [emphasis mine].<\/p>\n The US healthcare system is a monument to perverse incentives, unintended consequences and political inertia. It is so astonishingly bad that even people who believe it\u2019s bad don\u2019t appreciate quite how bad it is. \u2014 Tim Harford (@TimHarford) July 12, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n
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