Ideology versus Reality

[caramida]

Jeb Bush interview in Esquire on Health Care: "Under Obama, we're going to create a system that's not focused on quality; it's focused on access to care."

As opposed to now, where we have a system that's not focused on quality; it's focused on maximizing shareholder value. Both quality and access suffer.

When did we ever have a system focused on quality?

Comments

[senatorhatty.livejournal.com]

Capitalism places no emphasis on quality except wherein it provides an advantage in the marketplace.

[senatorhatty.livejournal.com]

Of course, you already know this. Maybe someone among your readership can tell us how we have the option to choose "quality" care when we're either stuck with the small choice of options provided by our employer or else are willing to pay an exorbitant fee for private care.

[lovmelovmycats.livejournal.com]

Yes. Like with plastic surgery.

[mr-pandakun.livejournal.com]

At this point, if you're middle class and need a procedure done, you've got all the access you need and you're not really sweating the quality that much. If you're well-to-do or wealthy, doubly so - and the world is really your option, as you can fly almost anywhere for specialists and transplants.

So we go back to the working-class, those near, on and below the poverty line. Those who do not have access to health care in general. Yeah, access would be good.