# Another health care "Would this work in the US"?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [September 10, 2009, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-health-care-would-this-work-in-the-us/509572 "2009-09-10T16:50:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Yodalicious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yodalicious/32/8195_2.png) [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-health-care-would-this-work-in-the-us/509572/1 "2009-09-10T16:50:51Z")

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According to the linked articles Switzerland and the Netherlands cover all of their citizens with private, for profit insurance companies. Would this work in the US? [Here](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/07/AR2009090702070.html) is the Washington Post article and [here](http://politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2009/sep/09/matt-miller/analyst-says-netherlands-switzerland-achieve-unive/) is the verification from Politifact.

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**Author:** ![hobscrk777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a6a055/32.png) [@hobscrk777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hobscrk777)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-health-care-would-this-work-in-the-us/509572/2 "2009-09-10T17:57:17Z")

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> [@Daddypants](#):
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> According to the linked articles Switzerland and the Netherlands cover all of their citizens with private, for profit insurance companies. Would this work in the US? [Here](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/07/AR2009090702070.html) is the Washington Post article and [here](http://politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2009/sep/09/matt-miller/analyst-says-netherlands-switzerland-achieve-unive/) is the verification from Politifact.

I started a very similar thread [here.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=530822) It didn’t get much response, but hopefully this thread will. I’m very interested in having some discussion about this.

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**Author:** ![Never\_Say\_Dice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee59a6/32.png) [@Never\_Say\_Dice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Never_Say_Dice)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-health-care-would-this-work-in-the-us/509572/3 "2009-09-10T18:54:57Z")

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The problem in the US is everyone needs to buy auto insurance, and it’s just giving money to auto insurance companies. Better to have a public option there, since it’s mandatory.

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**Author:** ![hobscrk777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a6a055/32.png) [@hobscrk777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hobscrk777)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-health-care-would-this-work-in-the-us/509572/4 "2009-09-11T12:33:29Z")

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My assumption is that hard-line conservatives would oppose it on the grounds that any government involvement in the private sector is ipso facto a bad thing.