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> That's what waste and corruption does.

Assuming the goal of said systems are the same between countries: but they're not.

In the US, the goal of the healthcare system is to produce profit. So the simpler explanation is that the healthcare system consumes more money and produces less healthcare because it spends more to produce profit.



>Assuming the goal of said systems are the same between countries: but they're not.

And that's not corruption like I was saying?


Uhh... no? Not in the traditional sense of the word, no. It's how we've decided to architect our system.

"Corruption" in this context typically refers to an element of dishonesty or theft and so on.

If you mean "corrupt" in the ethical sense, then sure, kind of?


So the US taxpayers voluntarily asked their government to give them expensive and shitty health insurance instead of healthcare?


The US government doesn’t run the healthcare system, and yes voters consistently choose to keep it this way.


So ... corruption.


No.

How is "voters choose to have a system that optimizes for profit" an example of "corruption?"

Please explain your logic step by step.


Government chose the system, not the voters. And the government chose the system that benefits the private sector not the population because of corruption(call it lobbying if that makes it easier for you) from the private sector.

I've never heard Americans say "I want a system that costs me a lot, makes other people rich and give me northing in return".

Explain how that isn't corruption.


> I've never heard Americans say "I want a system that costs me a lot, makes other people rich and give me northing in return".

You're not from America, are you?




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