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Priceless: Curing the Healthcare Crisis by John C. Goodman

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[Lawrence-ld]

As a protestant if the southern government could provide a better health service than the NHS I would vote for a new ireland- the NHS is broken

[Lordsebastian]

Ireland needs to stop looking at the uk as an example for anything.

[Andy-hinm]

Healthcare is an inelastic market, which doesn't produce real prices like other markets do. The comparison to cosmetic surgery does not work. People do not NEED cosmetic surgery and so the market allows for competition

[SebBrandenberg]

'The Michael O'Learys of healthcare' - no thanks.

[Makofueled]

While looking into Singapore, it's interesting to note their almost Georgist approach to land ownership. Including, but not limited to, leased government land being used to build cheap public housing, as well as Annual Value taxes that disincentivises speculative holding.

They have ten times less people sleeping rough, while having a greater population than Ireland. So it's certainly worth looking into.

[philippearts]

I'm disappointed by the low number of sources for this video. Moreover you uncritically interview John C. Goodman without mentoning some of the criticisms he receives amongst academics for his ideas.
See "Are Medical Savings Accounts a Viable Option for Funding Health Care?" Anna Dixon 2002 or "Medical savings accounts: assessing their impact on efficiency, equity and financial protection in health care" 2016 for example.
Citing the abstract of the latter: "The available evidence suggests that MSA schemes have generally been inefficient and inequitable and have not provided adequate financial protection. The impact of these schemes on long-term health-care costs is unclear."

This video feels more like a biased presentation of one man's ideas than a serious discussion of healthcare policy.

[pjmcgoldrick]

I first visited Singapore in 2000 and I've been back a dozen times since. I learned about their tax and pension structures and their public housing initiatives on that first visit and I've spent the past 24 years boring all around me about how we in Ireland should adopt their system of housing and enriching the populace over their working life. People look at me as if I'm daft.

It's not a perfect society they assure me (where is?) but it's amazing to see a country that's almost crime-free and where everything, including their hospitals and public transport, works like clockwork. We could do with some of it but our parish pump politicians with all the vision of a dung beetle on the make will ensure that it never happens.

[Kevin-zznc]

From the thumbnail I thought Co Louth would be like Singapore with shitty the UK got that one covered.

[warbler]

I qualified as a doctor in 2022 from UCD. Did a year as an intern and moved to New Zealand. In Vincents emergency department i saw 84 year old women in ED wait for days on a trolley in ED. When i moved to NZ one of the hospitals I worked in it made the news when we had patients on trolleys in the corridor

[paddyh]

Can anyone here think of an example of people in Ireland over using Healthcare services?

[Ugaine-Mor]

You actually equate the positions of Beveridge and Goodman. That's like equating Pèle and Jason McAteer. They are not equal. Beveridge thought about the morality of care from the "cradle to the grave". Goodman thinks about Cash. He's a neolib, pro Thatcherism, Trump supporter who was fired for paying off an employee he sexually assaulted.
You really should elaborate on guests background before giving their positions to dismiss the work of a historic figure.

[charlesda]

Ireland had this type of health care but changed it to suit private sector...the irish Government made a mess of things...

[michaelmulligan]

The fundamental problem with the Irish system is that every stakeholder has power except the patient.

It is too bureaucratic and not patient focused

[joemiller]

I'm American attending University in Northern Ireland, when I talk to people my age here, they're way more likely to mention healthcare and housing as reasons for or against integration with the Republic compared to allegiance to religion or ethnicity.

[darraghcollins]

Why aren't you more popular. You make such good points. People need to see these ahead of the election

[anoniaino]

I appreciate this channel, but I think a lot of the solutions proposed address the wrong problem.
In this case the government pensions and savings must be paid for, just like healthcare. You say Singapore spends very little on healthcare, but really they give money to citizens which they spend on healthcare.
Also, with this method I don’t see how hospitals can’t charge as much as they do in the US. I understand competition in price, but US hospitals are free to compete and costs are still ridiculously high.

[michaelmulligan]

Ireland is really more of a hybrid due to high level of private health insurance and having the 3 types of hospitals

[Tomherbs]

The first thing a free state government would do in a united Ireland is close daisy hill hospital, Downpatrick hospital, Dungannon hospital, antrim hospital and erne hospital. What would happen to these empty buildings? Filled with unvetted migrants

[gerrytierney]

Well worth a look ... I really like the idea of getting out from under the shadow of the UK. Switzerland and Singapore are well worth looking at. Thanks for the video.

[josephsiby]

This is flawed due to the difference in geography between Singapore and Ireland. Its much easier to shop around if you live a metro ride away from all the hospitals. Can't have that in Ireland, every hospital is too far apart, which stifles competition.