tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9181810725696409953.post3750666926414848261..comments2024-03-17T04:20:11.083-04:00Comments on The Population Health Blog: Vermont's Single Payer Model: Evolving or Naive?Jaan Sidorovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05072456803925863874noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9181810725696409953.post-38747480456906377562011-08-25T13:30:56.952-04:002011-08-25T13:30:56.952-04:00Anonymous raises an excellent point but divergent ...Anonymous raises an excellent point but divergent histories, cultures and building blocks have left Europe and the USA in completely different places. Toss in politics (a large constituency that doesn't believe there's a failure) and trying to go the Swedish way will also be a complete failure. As I said, I wish VT good luck, but doubt they'll pull this off thanks to medical homes and ACOs.Jaan Sidorovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05072456803925863874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9181810725696409953.post-12789827026691646512011-08-25T13:24:39.803-04:002011-08-25T13:24:39.803-04:00This comment is beyond the meaning of ridiculous, ...This comment is beyond the meaning of ridiculous, for one, single-payer systems work wherever they have been tried. It is our system that has failed. Do you see Sweden adopting the usa's costly and class/racial oriented health care system? No. Our system is the failure. A complete failure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com