A ‘Third Way’ On Health Care That Works From the Netherlands
Sorry, Leon(s), while I won’t write in the harsh manner of other people who disagree with you, the fact of the matter is the Dutch healthcare system is a ponzi scheme. As you admitted, it depends on there being young workers. All developed countries are aging and the rampant immigration of the Dutch are leading to serious problems down the road for your society…where basic freedoms could be jeapordized, let alone healthcare. And since you bring up the point of a youthful population, it should be pointed out that the Dutch have been emigrating OUT, more than people have been coming in your country since 2003. So, regardless of how wonderful the healthcare is, other life factors are motivating people to leave. Clearly, it takes more than a good healthcare system to make life attractive in any given place.
To some degree, it’s disingenuous to write an article aimed at Americans telling them how they should support universal healthcare because the Dutch model seems so great in your opinion. Clearly, the Dutch model is not being looked at in any of the plans being considered by Congress.
So, in other words, we SHOULD oppose U.S. universal healthcare, right? Because we won’t be getting the Dutch model by any stretch of the imagination. If your answer to this question is YES, then I can at least give you the credit of sincerely not wanting to increase needless human suffering on a societal scale. If your answer to that question is NO, then your whole article was dishonest in the first place and you both really are idealogues corrupted by your “good” intentions.
