Quote from: joesixpack on January 16, 2020, 08:51:12 AM
No, I'm just speaking generally.

We afforded our bailouts, we afforded our wars, we still afford our Sos Sec., our schools, our fire and police departments. We pay for what we want. The VA gets funding, the FAA gets funding, the USPS gets funding.

You get my point. What's happening in France is that they're asking for more funding. We, in American, can fund our hospitals.

The free market can fund hospitals.  The free market funds pretty much everything, including government.

Quote from: taxed on January 16, 2020, 08:53:14 AM
The free market can fund hospitals.  The free market funds pretty much everything, including government.

The free market can. The government can. It's a balance.

I think in Canada most hospitals are private. France also has private hospitals. Germany does as well, etc.

It's all a balance.

Where I was born, it's a public hospital. Where my child was born is a private hospital.

Quote from: joesixpack on January 16, 2020, 09:00:39 AM
The free market can. The government can. It's a balance.

I think in Canada most hospitals are private. France also has private hospitals. Germany does as well, etc.

It's all a balance.

Where I was born, it's a public hospital. Where my child was born is a private hospital.

No, it's not a balance.  The government takes from the producers in the free market.

Quote from: joesixpack on January 16, 2020, 09:00:39 AM
The free market can. The government can. It's a balance.

I think in Canada most hospitals are private. France also has private hospitals. Germany does as well, etc.

It's all a balance.

Where I was born, it's a public hospital. Where my child was born is a private hospital.

They may have a private health sector but is a fraction of the size of the government program therefore it is very expensive and struggles to compete so, no there is no balance.

Quote from: The Boo Man... on January 16, 2020, 05:06:06 PM
They may have a private health sector but is a fraction of the size of the government program therefore it is very expensive and struggles to compete so, no there is no balance.

Would you say that the US market is balanced now?

Quote from: joesixpack on January 16, 2020, 05:20:36 PM
Would you say that the US market is balanced now?

In what way exactly?