From the Washington post
@atamme asks: If the healthcare system were to be restructured to be cheaper for Americans, do you think the quality of healthcare would decrease? Why or why not?
Short answer No! The health care system is separate from how people pay for said healthcare, they are separate. A famous example is Norway, which has a basic universal healthcare plan. Essentially, when a citizen receives a hospital bill, the government pays for it, as long as it meets certain criteria. This means how hospitals are run does not change because it doesn't really negatively affect them. In fact, people might be more inclined to use them if we had this plan, causing an increase in patients and essentially each patient is able to provide the money guaranteed. This could increase the funding that hospitals may receive, allowing them to spend more money on their facilities and staff. However, we can also look at it from another angle, in order for this basic healthcare to be a fully-fledged part of the government, a tax increase must be ordered. This is not only an increase in tax for citizens but also for businesses, which includes hospitals. To account for taxes, prices must be raised and since medical bills are raised, the government must raise all taxes to get more money to spend on healthcare, and the cycle continues. however, earlier, we talked about a universal basic income, essentially a bare minimum of living. This could mean Taxes only come from people who are actually active in the workforce. This would also mean that only people who are working have access to healthcare, meaning working citizens are only getting taxed for people paying for that tax as well. This would also not put much of a strain on the hospital's taxes and still allow them to develop not be hindered. In the end, there are many avenues that the United States can take to create a better health care system that can benefit not only its citizens but also its hospitals.
