2022年1月12日水曜日

アメリカ真似てたら大変なことになる。

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 The United States famously spends more per capita on health care than any other country, even though the system performs far worse than that of many peer countries. Access is highly unequal, and sky-high prices push millions into poverty and discourage others from seeking care altogether. 


Our recent report, published by New York University’s Center for Human Rights and Global Justice and Kenyan human rights organization Hakijamii, finds that privatizing health care has proved costly for individuals and the government, deepened inequality in access, and pushed people into poverty and crushing debt. Private actors tend to focus on the patients and services that generate the greatest revenue and neglect important but less-profitable forms of care — such as immunizations, treatment for HIV/AIDS and services for survivors of sexual abuse. We spoke with people who had been forced to sell land and livestock, sacrifice educational opportunities, and take on substantial debt to pay for private care — and others who were turned away from private facilities because of their inability to pay

 健康保険をアメリカのように民営化したら?民間企業は最大の利益を上げるものしか投資しない。支払いができない者は民間保険会社からそっぽを向かれ、土地や家畜を売ったり、学校を諦めたり多大な借金をせざる得ず、人々を貧困に追いやり、貧富の格差が拡がる。医療制度に投資するわりには国民の健康はよくならない、と。

 図書館がすでにあってよかった。いま図書館を導入するとしたら、税金を使って、一等地に建物建てて書籍や教育を無料で提供するだと?????・・・・頭おかしいんじゃないのか、と政治家に反対されかねない、と。


Marx wrote of capitalism's natural tendency to monopoly.


おれは役人をあまり信頼していないんだけど、しかし、儲からなくても社会のすべての人に必要なことは民間に任せてはうまくいかない、ということはあると思うな。










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