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0 sats \ 6 replies \ @openyoureyes 10 Oct \ on: As Doctors’ Walkout Drags On, Some South Koreans Are Losing Patience news
It is a colony of the united states. Do you expect good health service from a us colony? What about the north? Can you go there like west germans went to east germany in the cold war?
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0 sats \ 5 replies \ @south_korea_ln OP 10 Oct
Well, if only one thing Korea did not inherit from the US is it's crappy health service. Single pay here and good care for everyone. Maybe not at the European level (and even that one is not always what it used to be), but a step up compared to the US. Most Americans here with families state this as one of the main reasons they are reluctant to go back home.
This episode raised here though is a very bad stain on its formerly mostly good reputation.
Nope, can't travel north. Very different from west/east Germany i imagine back in the day.
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0 sats \ 4 replies \ @jgbtc 10 Oct
The care is good, or "a simple but urgent medical emergency can turn out to be fatal." Which is it?
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @south_korea_ln OP 10 Oct
As I said, before this strike, it used to be very good. The strike has changed this, unfortunately.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @jgbtc 10 Oct
It's always the case with central planning. It works great until it doesn't and then people find out the hard way how fragile systems are when they are centralized. This is why single payer is such a stupid idea.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @south_korea_ln OP 10 Oct
Not saying it's perfect, but in terms of health care, i still prefer some centralised planning. We can disagree on that :)
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @jgbtc 11 Oct
The US system is far from perfect too, but at least doctors aren't striking here. It would be far better with less central planning, same as yours. Weird that you can't see that given the circumstances.
So what happens to socialist healthcare on a bitcoin standard? Is it possible without a money printer?
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