Wilko, long ago, the USA pioneered the implementation of universal
education. The western world owes much to those endeavors.

Assuming that public education is a good thing (and I do), I find it
difficult to accept that public healthcare is not every bit as "good"
or important. Perhaps even more so.

Is it just me, or could it be that the long-standing bias against
public healthcare in the USA is a function of a well-financed medical
profession lobby? In most countries, before public healthcare was
mandated, the dire warnings of the medical establishment about negative
consequences of public medicine were shrill indeed.

It has been decades now since most western nations adopted one form or
another of public healthcare. The well-being of these peoples has not
been compromised.

But in the USA, it's still a case of, "The sky is falling!"

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