A new review has concluded that hospitals that are privatised typically deliver worse quality care after converting from public ownership. The study, led by University of Oxford researchers, has been published in The Lancet Public Health.
I wonder if it’s better for the top 10% and much worse for everyone else (and thus worse overall), as is often the case in private sectors. I had an argument during an election season with someone (they said they were a doctor) who said they didn’t want to wait for an MRI so they paid to have it done at a clinic they knew. They said this was a net benefit and argument for privatization because it cleared up their spot in the public line for someone else. I argued that being able to pay money for faster or better care is the very definition of a two-tiered health system that treats the wealthy better than everyone else.
I wonder if it’s better for the top 10% and much worse for everyone else (and thus worse overall), as is often the case in private sectors. I had an argument during an election season with someone (they said they were a doctor) who said they didn’t want to wait for an MRI so they paid to have it done at a clinic they knew. They said this was a net benefit and argument for privatization because it cleared up their spot in the public line for someone else. I argued that being able to pay money for faster or better care is the very definition of a two-tiered health system that treats the wealthy better than everyone else.