Dr. Martin Hash Podcast

Demagoguery is perhaps the most exploitable aspect of healthcare because it's literally a life-or-death situation. This, of course, leads to political manipulation based on ideological grounds, specifically, the ubiquitous liberty vs. egalitarian battle. One of the egalitarians most effective tactics is to “measure” healthcare, which sounds reasonable, except they pick the metrics, and there's a blatant lack of any measure of actual quality; like the level of training of doctors, the comfort of the patients, or even the availability of modern technology, treatments & equipment. Instead their intention is to discredit meritocracy in favor of subjective social platitudes like empathy & equality, without knowing how many knee replacements & heart stints have been performed, or how quickly & professionally. Life expectancy doesn’t mean anything: America has strict recording methods about infant mortality, and there's lots of obesity. In America, you have the liberty to destroy your health.

America’s healthcare system is excellent, and there’s plenty of it; the problem is the cost. Many people are one injury away from bankruptcy. This situation particularly affects the Middle Class, people who have too much to get healthcare for free because they have something to lose. Unfortunately, they're only about 20% of the population, so in a democracy, they don't have enough voting power versus the healthcare industrial complex. Still, every measurable real thing about America's healthcare is best, if you’re rich, or if you're poor.