> I’d fear I’d be fighting for attention alongside the general public
Are you not a part of the "general public"? If it is true that there is a class of people who don't have your advantages and therefore have worse medical care, is that a situation that you see as acceptable?
It always seems strange to me when people argue this about this issue from a hypothetical perspective, when we have a wealth of actual data that we can use to compare health outcomes. We can just look at the results and see what works better!
(TLDR: the US spends much more per capita on healthcare, especially in administrative costs, and has worse health outcomes than most wealthy countries).
> If it is true that there is a class of people who don't have your advantages and therefore have worse medical care, is that a situation that you see as acceptable?
The answer is obviously yes, given that they don't want the "general public" to have the same level of access and make them potentially have to endure any longer waits. Their convenience is more important than the health of others.
People love feeling like they're better than someone else, that's an ideal that's been floating around the US for quite some time. Ingroup outgroup stuff, great way for capital owners to keep the workers fighting amongst themselves and keep the attention where they want it
To me this is similar to being "stuck in traffic" as if it is something that you are experiencing. No, you ARE the traffic. The congestion didn't come to ruin your day. You contributed to it too.
Are you not a part of the "general public"? If it is true that there is a class of people who don't have your advantages and therefore have worse medical care, is that a situation that you see as acceptable?
It always seems strange to me when people argue this about this issue from a hypothetical perspective, when we have a wealth of actual data that we can use to compare health outcomes. We can just look at the results and see what works better!
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2022/07/how-does-the-us-healthcare...
(TLDR: the US spends much more per capita on healthcare, especially in administrative costs, and has worse health outcomes than most wealthy countries).