Universal health care hurts preventative care
Massachusetts instituted universal health care in 2006 which has led to longer wait times to see a doctor according to survey that Boston Globe reports on today. The promise of universal health care is that it will reduce cost by expanding preventative care to a larger share of population. Reality is of course different:
“If someone calls with chest pain, their doctor is not going to say, ‘Come back in three weeks.’ That is not going to happen,” he said. “But naturally, the patients who want a routine evaluation are going to go to the bottom of the list.”
Routine evaluation is the basis for preventative care. Oh, well, there’s still diet and exercise. See you at the ER.
