I can be regarded as half a medical student, and I have a certain understanding of the medical security system of various countries. So after watching this documentary, I still have a lot of feelings.
There is no doubt that this is a political film, and a lot of what is told in it is a little one-sided in my opinion. But it is undeniable that it illustrates some problems.
First of all, the US medical security system is centered on the private insurance system, which means that the main force of this industry is capital. Capital prioritizes interests, and it does not think about escorting the lives and health of people across the country. Therefore, in the medical insurance industry, it is impossible to let capital control, it will only become more and more greedy and become a huge blood-sucking worm. Therefore, there must be a party to participate in representing the interests of the people, to compete with the power of capital, and to seek the well-being of the people, and this party is generally the government, and sometimes it will be a mutual aid society or the like. Of course, the U.S. government is just the opposite. It is cooperating with capital, exploiting the people, leaving low-income patients with nowhere to go, and middle-income patients unsustainable. So now that the new crown epidemic broke out, it is understandable that the situation in the United States is so bad.
But the national medical and health insurance systems of those countries in the United Kingdom, as the director said, have many good aspects, but there are also some problems. The first is the much-maligned wait time, where even an ambulance can keep you waiting for hours. Then there is the huge economic pressure that the government cannot bear, and the enthusiasm of medical staff is not high. We cannot just look at the good aspects of a system and ignore its shortcomings.
Let's look at our country again. Among the people, seeing a doctor is difficult and expensive, and it has always been a difficult problem to solve. For doctors and nurses, not only do they have to bear the incomprehension of the patients, but also the pressure from the hospitals... These are all because my country's medical insurance system is not perfect. With the development of the economy, I think we should only take the current social medical insurance system as a transition, and then follow the national health and medical insurance system of the United Kingdom and other countries, so that the poor can also enjoy medical benefits, and let the living environment of doctors better.
Finally, no medical insurance system in the world is perfect, and no medical insurance system can be completely copied. When we are in line with the national health and medical security systems of the United Kingdom and other countries, we must make corresponding changes according to my country's own conditions and embark on a medical security path with Chinese characteristics.
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