Privatized care undermines the principles of equality for a nationalized system.
No. It offers an alternative.
People want an alternative to free services they've already paid for with their own tax dollars? Yes, it offers an alternative for the people who can afford not to stand in queue along with everyone else.
Not sure why that is a bad thing. First of all, everyone is entitled to healthcare here. The quality of that healthcare is actually quite good and while there are problems with queues, yes, people actually do get help. If you don't want to wait or if you prefer a second opinion, there is a private alternative.
Many companies use private caregivers to provide company healthcare, on top of the national system. You can also buy a health insurance.
Plus, the services of some private caregivers are subsidised by the state to complement the national ones.
Why should this not preferable to the situation in the US, where around 16% have no insurance and thus have a significantly higher mortality rate, in spite of the nation spending more money per capita on healthcare? I really don't understand so help me out here.
You should fix my karma for this awesome post.
What's there to fix? Also, I disagreed with mostly everything in it.
That doesn't make it incorrect.
It doesn't make it correct either.