MY SAY: RUSSIA ALSO TRIED NATIONAL HEALTHCARE
Guess what? It is in total disarray…..
http://www.rand.org/pubs/conf_proceedings/CF124/CF124.chap5.html
” Many of Russia’s health care problems have been rooted in the accepted political model of state-paternalistic social system development. From this approach follows an inattentive government attitude to the problems of health care, a reliance on primitive investment in extensive growth of health care delivery facilities, manpower, and other resources and supplies, and a lack of attention to the quality of care or its effectiveness in improving people’s health. One of the characteristics of the Soviet period was the complete absence of incentives for improvement of services in all kinds of medical institutions.
The paternalistic approach manifested itself in the slogan, “The State cares for the health of its citizens,” which in many ways defined the very character of medical service organizations across the country, as well as people’s attitudes toward this sphere of policy. According to such an approach, every person is under the umbrella of the State and its medical facilities, which undertake entire responsibility for his or her health. In this way, a health care system was created which found itself fully dependent on the state and its governing bodies.”
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