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Originally Posted by woj
that's an interesting question...
everyone in the UK is covered? so everyone has access to screening and early detection? so it would actually mean that more people in the UK should get their prostate cancer detected earlier? unless UK doctors are fools not aware of dangers of prostate cancer? which probably is unlikely?
this example illustrates potential pitfall of "free" healthcare for everyone, as one can see here, "free" healthcare for everyone doesn't necessarily mean better healthcare in any sense... not better for an average person, and certainly not better for someone who can afford decent health insurance...
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A lot of early detection falls on the patient and not the doctor. Doctors know certain things like if you are at or past a certain age you should be screened for certain things. They don't know what you don't tell them. If you have a family history of cancer, for example, the doctor has no way of knowing that unless you tell them. If you don't actively participate or understand how you should you won't get the quality of care you need.
The "healthcare" is just the tool. How you use that tool is what matters. A potential comparison might be the NFL. They have a salary cap so all the teams have a limit on how much they can spend on paying players. No one team can just buy up all the best players. With all the teams having the same amount of money to spend some manage to put together a good, competitive team year after year while others can't seem to get their shit together and ever get a winning team.