@whirli@mstdn.io
I live in the Netherlands and the USA (I have homes in both). I have used the healthcare from various countries at various times. In my experience all healthcare is an absolute failure. The netherlands has some of the shortest wait times in all socialized health care and despite this the waits are still atrocious even when someone is in agonizing pain (as I was).

I've also seen america move from non-universal to universal healthcare (admittedly an exceptionally shitty implementation of it). The quality of healthcare plummeted as a result (which is why I had to flee the country partly).

As I recognized existing systems are failures I looked as to why. The capitalist system of a completely free market fails because supply and demand doesnt work with health. A person will give up every material pocession they own for a 1% chance at living 1 more day. The demand is infinite and in such a system free market demands simply don't work as they might normally in other markets. So I can recognize free market isnt a solution.

Similarly irecognize single-payer form of universal healthcare fails for a similar reason. You can't fix the supply and demand problem by eliminating the supply side. This prevents the natural competition and selection of alternatives that cause a system to naturally improve over time.

So to me the solution is co-op because it gives us both sides of the problem in one. On the one side it ensures a free-market pressure as people still buy into the insurance they choose and can pick and choose what options they want. It also fixes the infinite demand problem by eliminating profit. In a co-op the people who buy the insurance are also the owners of the company. So they make any profit out of the system. So there is no exploitation based on greed.

Solves all the issues.

@youknowitstrue@gab.com