• Cyborganism@lemmy.caOP
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    Isn’t that already the case though? Aren’t hospitals and schools mostly public except for a few private ones?

    Maybe make them ALL public and forbid any private for-profit health care and education facilities. This will force the more priviledged to invest in that system if they want the best service for themselves and their children.

    Didn’t some Scandinavian country do this already?

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      schools mostly public except for a few private ones?

      About those exceptions…

      Public money shouldn’t be going to private schools.

      If you want your kid to be in some elitist private school, you should pay the entire cost. Otherwise the public system is always an option.

      Diverting public funds away from the public education system just weakens the public system.

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        Yeah, that’s what I was trying to say about some Scandinavian country.

        In Finland it is forbidden to have private schools. All education is public. So if some rich family want what’s best for their kids, they’ll have to invest in the system like everybody else.

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      There’s a difference between hospitals being public and health care services being public. Drugs for chronic conditions. Dentistry. Optometry. Psychiatric services. Proper handling of transport costs for people not living in large cities who urgently need to see a specialist (Ontario’s reimbursement program for that is joke-worthy). Hospital equipment—constant fundraisers to replace things should not be required. There’s so much stuff that falls between the cracks under the current setup that really should be covered by the government.