{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "I wonder how the numbers (and the politics) would come out for a universal national healthcare system, but like the ones they...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/167137650803/", "html": "<p>I wonder how the numbers (and the politics) would come out for a universal national healthcare system, but like the ones they tried to establish in the 1950s, that fully covers ONLY the treatments that were then available. So, like</p><p>YES treatment of infectious disease<br/>YES vaccination<br/>YES maternity care<br/>YES trauma care<br/>YES nursed bedrest and pallative care<br/>NO macroscopic surgery<br/>NO open-heart surgery<br/>NO transplants<br/>YES X-Rays<br/>NO CAT scans<br/>NO MRIs<br/>YES dialysis<br/>NO chemotherapy<br/>YES tumor removal by surgery<br/>Nitroglycerin for high blood pressure<br/>NO antidepressants<br/>NOT even Valium<br/>MAYBE open-ended weekly psychotherapy<br/></p>"}