Like most political debates in the US, the debate about Obama's plans for the healthcare industry seems to be dominated by two camps screaming past each other.
For what it is worth I thought readers of this site should be informed of some recent news from Denmark - a nation that has provided universal healthcare for all its citizens for decades.
You might be interested to know that 1.7 million Danes, out of a total population of about 5 million, have private supplementary healthcare insurance coverage so they can be treated at private clinics when they need healthcare.
Approximately half of these private policies are provided by employers- the remaining 800.000 choose to purchase this coverage - out of their own after tax income - themselves.
If this relatively small system was functioning well, do you think more than a 3rd of their captive customers would purchase supplementary coverage?
And do you think the United States Government is capable of managing a system with more than 300 million customers?
For what it is worth I thought readers of this site should be informed of some recent news from Denmark - a nation that has provided universal healthcare for all its citizens for decades.
You might be interested to know that 1.7 million Danes, out of a total population of about 5 million, have private supplementary healthcare insurance coverage so they can be treated at private clinics when they need healthcare.
Approximately half of these private policies are provided by employers- the remaining 800.000 choose to purchase this coverage - out of their own after tax income - themselves.
If this relatively small system was functioning well, do you think more than a 3rd of their captive customers would purchase supplementary coverage?
And do you think the United States Government is capable of managing a system with more than 300 million customers?
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