{"id":85471,"date":"2019-03-08T16:00:23","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T20:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=85471"},"modified":"2019-03-08T14:22:39","modified_gmt":"2019-03-08T18:22:39","slug":"healthcare-reform-seen-as-crucial-to-securing-government-finances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=85471","title":{"rendered":"Healthcare Reform Seen as Crucial to Securing Government Finances"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In one of your arguments against someone on the left, you may have heard of the term “Nordic Socialism Model” or “Nordic Model”.\u00a0 In general terms, this is a model that allowed for the implementation of socialistic ideas that “worked” and went “hand-in-hand” with the free market.<\/p>\n

It’s “proof” that the argument, advanced by those who advocate letting the free market run the economy, is “in error” with regards to the negative effects of socialism.<\/p>\n

It turns out that, as many here have argued, a country can’t really successfully implement socialism without seeing the negative effects.<\/p>\n

Finland, and other Nordic countries, are grappling with the need to reform their healthcare programs if they are to remain financially viable.<\/p>\n

From Reuters:<\/span><\/p>\n

Other Nordic countries have also grappled with the need to cut costs. Sweden is to gradually raise its retirement age and has opened up parts of the healthcare system to the private sector in a bid to boost efficiency.<\/p>\n

Denmark will gradually increase the retirement age to 73 – the highest in the world – while cutting taxes and unemployment benefits to encourage people to work more.<\/p>\n

The problem has been particularly acute in Finland where the financial crisis of 2008-9 magnified the effects of demographic changes such as a rapidly declining birth rate.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The article explains that two of the challenges that healthcare programs are facing, among developed nations, are increasing costs and increasing longevity. Add to this the declining birth rates and the increase of pensioners compared to those who remain in the workforce.<\/p>\n

Hopefully, many on the left would look at this as an example of why we should not try that model over here.<\/p>\n

Details can be read here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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