@Birthe Mismanagement is the *real* cost in all this, taking money away from actual care. Improvements, innovation, optimization come all stem from incentives, typically financial ones, that are not present in public systems. In Sweden we have examples from the public health care system that makes you drop your jaw in disbelief. To name one: Stockholm recently finished building the worlds(!) most expensive hospital <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karolinska_University_Hospital#New_Karolinska_Solna>. The absolute idiots(!!!) in charge have wasted billions, billions and billions of tax payer money for a disaster result. (I am not exaggerating.) These people still have their jobs and their salary, paid by someone else. This would be unthinkable if it were a private venture. The costs for the state run mismanaged health care system have been so over budget that now, with covid-19, there is no money for testing people... so WE IMMEDIATELY DECIDED TO NOT TEST ANYBODY FOR CORONA VIRUS IN SWEDEN unless you are already so ill that you need immediate care.
I'm *not* saying everything would be good if everything was private run. But "something" happens if your salary depends on if you do good or not. IMO it should be the states role to ensure that this "something" aligns with the common good. <:-) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/d0d9d32a-7f6b-44b9-a163-a62bc3ca46ec%40googlegroups.com.
