I, Doctor in the US-Chapter 513 - 462: Ideals Will Be Crushed by Reality!_2
But right now, Guanhai is still somewhat uncomfortable.
Tomorrow, he is going to truly take up the baton of power.
Yet look at the current state of the United States, it's honestly just a big mess!
However, fortunately.
Yes, fortunately.
Because previously, the Democratic Party Business Group went to China, and did those things, discussed many things.
All of which will be implemented after he takes office.
It's considered a major boost.
But right now, there's one super important thing that must be properly discussed with an important person.
This important person.
Is Zhou Mo Sen!
Alright, at this moment, Zhou Mo Sen, who is soon to assume the role of Minister of Health in the United States, Mr. Zhou Mo Sen.
He is sitting right in front of Guanhai.
This is certainly not their first meeting.
But both Zhou Mo Sen and Guanhai absolutely confirmed that this meeting and chat is absolutely the most important one.
"Zhou, you know, you are my most trusted friend."
"Of course I know that, and I also know what you intend to discuss with me."
"Really?"
"Healthcare reform."
"Emei Spirit!"
Indeed, Zhou Mo Sen was so right and precise!
Guanhai wants to discuss this with him.
Specifically, the issue of healthcare insurance.
Simply put, it's the U.S. healthcare system.
Well, Zhou Mo Sen guessing right wasn't difficult at all.
Because he is also about to become the U.S. Minister of Health.
And this position was arranged after everyone agreed that Zhou Mo Sen would help Guanhai secure a lot of healthcare capital.
They effectively made a fantastic deal.
Guanhai also profited from this.
And you should know.
Actually, when it comes to healthcare reform, this was something Guanhai proposed during his campaign.
One must understand one thing.
Which is that currently, in the U.S. political circles, there's still some substance.
That is to say, people are still discussing some policies, still discussing some ways to resolve social contradictions.
This is not like later on.
In the U.S. political circles many years later.
It has basically reached a point where no one wants to see your policies.
That is to say, it doesn't matter what policies you talk about, or what you plan to do.
None of that is as important as your stance.
What stance?
Are you LGBT, or MAGA?
Yes, it's like that by then.
It even happened that big stars could influence voting results.
In short, the future U.S. political circles are rotten to an unbearable extent.
Whereas now, there are indeed some things that can be done.
The whole policy core of Guanhai, or rather his greatest political ambition once elected, is what?
Healthcare reform!
Yes, that's it.
But this healthcare reform has a huge issue within it.
What is he planning to do?
The healthcare system is too large, especially in the United States.
The sector is unbelievably vast.
People always say the U.S. military-industrial complex is formidable.
But in reality, the U.S. healthcare capital is even more formidable.
How much is the U.S. military budget anyway?
Right.
The U.S. healthcare industry occupies a much higher percentage of GDP than the military-industrial complex.
Moreover, one crucial point.
The greedy parasites in the U.S. military, when they want money, still have to use various tricks.
They still have to make false accounts, or eliminate auditors or something.
However, the U.S. healthcare capital group doesn't need to do any of that.
The overall U.S. healthcare system is a completely marketized entity.
Full marketization represents one thing.
How much is your life worth?
Yes, this question has no upper limit!
If you want to live, you pay as much as you can.
The wealthy can't escape either.
Those without money, if they encounter ethical doctors.
"Wait, we'll save the wealthy first."
If you can wait until then.
Alright, we American doctors will save you.
And the wealthy?
It depends on who has more money.
Those who offer more will definitely get better medical services.
Because this places human life in the marketplace.
So, let's make an appraisal.
Whoever bids higher, lives!
In fact, that's the truth!
When Zhou Mo Sen was in his country before, he had heard all kinds of bizarre theories.
Among them were many who even thought healthcare should indeed be marketized.
Those who hold this view.
Are either stupid or malicious.
Yes, Zhou Mo Sen, as a doctor, thinks so.
The reason is straightforward, if everything was fully marketized.
Zhou Mo Sen himself couldn't afford medical care either.
The U.S. is a counterexample.
And now, this Guanhai wants to change it a bit.
It must be said, Guanhai is a smart person.
He is indeed an elite.
Really, there's no need to blacken him on this point.
He's already black enough.
And as smart as he is, he also knows the enormous entity he faces.
Therefore, he actually only wants to move one part.
Healthcare insurance!
And that is also Zhou Mo Sen's response.
Alright, it must be emphasized.
Healthcare insurance, how to say, is a financial industry.
In itself, the insurance industry is the insurance industry, most closely related it should be banks.
However, healthcare insurance is really different.
It needs to be closely related to the healthcare system.
Actually, regarding any country's healthcare insurance, it's very detailed in itself.
Simply put, every kind of medicine should have a reimbursement rate in insurance.
Whether it's a 50% reimbursement or an 80% reimbursement, this should be clarified and made clear for every kind of medicine.
But some countries just simply implement full insurance coverage, free healthcare.
In fact, free healthcare is not welfare at all.
Instead, it's suffering.
The reason is particularly simple.
Any country globally that implements free healthcare does one thing.
That is deduct wages.
Germany's free healthcare has the least deduction, and that's still 14%.
Countries like the United Kingdom and Canada, they deduct 30%.
That is, have you ever thought about why this money must be deducted, and so much?
The reason is very simple!
Because the money is just that much!
This deducted percentage is essentially the proportion of a country's total public medical expenses compared to income.
That is to say, healthcare is claimed to be free, but it still costs money in reality!
Moreover, this money needs to be traded between hospitals and medical enterprises.
To put it bluntly, it's just that amount of money. If a hospital wants to exist and not go bust, the best way is to balance income and expenditure.
And since income is set, expenses are just those expenses.
It's actually the same as before, you receive as much treatment as your money allows.
The real situation is, if there are more patients this month, or due to sudden circumstances, like a pandemic or something.
There suddenly are more patients.
What to do?
Nothing can be done!
Queue up!
Because the money is only that much, only that many people can be treated.
So the essence of free healthcare... is a big scam.
To put it bluntly, it's not free at all, just looks free.
Originally a big stone, it has been split into many small stones, distributed among many people.
But the problem is, this thing can't be too perfect.
Guanhai wants to reform this healthcare insurance.
Fundamentally, it's actually the same.
Everyone pays into healthcare insurance, compared to being deducted for healthcare insurance, there's not much big difference.
Moreover, Guanhai obviously wants to push it more broadly.
In the United States, he surely envisions everyone can join his healthcare insurance.
But this will obviously impact the existing healthcare insurance system.
This matter, of course, needs to be discussed with Zhou Mo Sen.
So, what advice can Zhou Mo Sen give?
"I can only say, I will try to help as much as I can, and ensure the majority of the medical companies' CEOs are amenable to your plan."
This statement…
"Emei Spirit!"
Guanhai was extremely pleased.
Therefore, if Zhou Mo Sen does what he says he will.
Then it would be the greatest support for Guanhai.
Thus, Zhou Mo Sen's appointment as Minister of Health is absolutely secure.
But, will he really do that?
"He is someone with some lofty ideals, but any idea person will be crushed by reality."
Goodness gracious, using the word 'crushed' there!
