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[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (6 children)

They're funded by Federal, State, and Local government as well as philanthropic donations.

Primary and specialty care access must be increased; although Harris Health provides 25% of the primary care for indigent individuals, another 27% do not receive care. The gap must be closed and not allowed to continue to increase.

So basically a centralized healthcare solution which turns away more poor or uninsured than they help. A commendable service, but not even close to the effectiveness and mercy of universal healthcare.

[–] frank@frank.casa -5 points 4 months ago (4 children)

As I said, the system is not perfect and it needs to be improved. And it is better than Canada telling people to choose euthanasia because the government doesn't want to pay for their care, or when the UK denied care to a little girl, and then refused to let her leave the country to get healthcare elsewhere. They don't provide universal healthcare either, despite their claims.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (3 children)

It's centralized government operated healthcare, you're just advocating for more centralized healthcare.

[–] frank@frank.casa -5 points 4 months ago

One thing I don't understand is why some people are against charity and religious organizations running hospitals next to government-run hospitals. One is funded by donations, and the other is funded by taxes. If we wind up with universal care using multiple providers, what is the problem? The end goal is that people get the care they need, and they are more likely to get that when there is more than one gatekeeper.

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