PopeBeanie,

Which countries are successful at this kind of free market?

No nation yet has a fully free-market health care system of course, but the producers of the medical devices and medicines are all private enterprises, the builders of the facilities are all private enterprises, at least some medical universities are private enterprises, and…[Read more]

Reg, you just described my last physician. One MD. Two person staff. And he told me last few years was not even drawing a check.

I can well imagine the boon delivered by you in those time saving services.

And docs are so overworked i think that it is understandable that they can’t always give good care.

One of my professional roles is to improve the IT systems of small medical practices. Most are owned by one MD with maybe a 2 or 3 other medical staff. They close every Wednesday afternoon. I once asked what she did for those afternoons. “About 5 o…[Read more]

Enco, it seems like more and more nurse practitioners/physician assistants in my neck of the woods. Really not enough docs. And docs are so overworked i think that it is understandable that they can’t always give good care. And that is without dealing with issues over insurers and coverage.

But with the nondocs having patients they are in…[Read more]

TheEncogitationer wrote:
Israel, like all of us, could use more medicine, more professionals, and more quality in both, provided by a free market in healthcare.

Which countries are successful at this kind of free market?

Globalize the intifada.

Rivers and seas Palestine freeze…errr From some river and some sea Juden free

I gotta hand it to the lefties doing the bidding of the muslim brotherhood. Indoctrinating the mindless immensely. You are all aces. Humans can be conditioned to believe anything. I think i heard that someplace?…[Read more]

Jake,

In fairness, Israel’s system has advantages over Iran’s, most especially with research and development.

It is also worthy of note that Arab Citizens have the same healthcare rights as Jewish Citizens, and Israeli medical establishments and organizations cater to all faiths and none. Israel accepts medical tourism from Palestinians and…[Read more]

Jake,

And don’t forget how big kibbutzim were. Socialist project. Universal health care according to Wilf.

Here’s where she got out of her depth. Iran too has a heavily government-subsidized and government-regulated health care system, with very mixed results. Maybe better than some of their neighbors, but with all the same problems of s…[Read more]

Agreed Robert.

And don’t forget how big kibbutzim were. Socialist project. Universal health care according to Wilf.

Not only are Israelis turning right as the two state solution has proven illusory and more and more Israelis know that. Jews in US and Europe voting right and in some instances far right that would have been unthinkable not long…[Read more]

I would characterize Israel to be way more “left/liberal” than right/conservative Iran.  Jews have comprised much of the leading liberal Intelligentsia in many Western countries for decades. Historically, Israel was dominated by left-leaning parties but has become more conservative and defensive over the decades. Easy to see why.