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Posted by Stephen Bauman on Sun Aug 1 08:25:34 2021, in response to Re: Socialism?, posted by BILLBKLYN on Sat Jul 31 21:50:34 2021. They are a function of the government.How these functions are provided can make them "socialist." Are functions like fire protection purchased from for profit corporations or does government hire personnel and build/purchase facilities for fighting fires? The latter should be considered socialist. There are many ways to provide for "government functions." There's a similar situation regarding health care. There's socialized medicine, where the government owns hospitals, hires doctors and provides medical care. Two such examples are Great Britain and the Veterans Administration. There's medical insurance where third parties collect premiums from patients and pay independent medical providers. Government might subsidize premiums, however medical delivery is different from socialized medicine. Examples are the ACA, France, and many other countries. Single payer is when the third party insurance companies are a single government entity. Examples are Medicare and Canada. There's government subsidized healthcare without insurance companies through tax deductions for medical expenses or providing medical insurance to employees. All 4 forms involve taxpayers subsidizing medical expenses. |
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