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[–] [email protected] 23 points 11 months ago (2 children)

In Germany we are in the process of privatizing hospitals. This will surely go over great in case of you know another pandemic. You can bet your butt that a private company will cut staff numbers, they will reduce the number of hospital beds and they will do the least amount of work they can get away with.
I can't easily go to a competitor, now can I? We only have that one hospital in the city.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago

Oof. As an American, my heart goes out to you. I wouldn't wish our healthcare system on anyone.

[–] JohnDClay 1 points 11 months ago

Yeah medical is a pretty awful thing to privatize. There isn't much of any competition, and you can't (or shouldn't) decide to go without. That cuts out any competitive motivation to actually improve.