Ireland nationalises its health service in response to CV crisis

[BeckyDem]

25/03/2020

All citizens have equal access to healthcare regardless of insurance

The Irish government has nationalised all the country’s health facilities in a move to combat the coronavirus pandemic, giving everyone equal access to healthcare regardless of insurance.

Unlike the Tory government in the UK, which is buying capacity from private health providers, Ireland has ‘drafted’ 2,000 beds, thousands of staff and nine laboratories.

Irish health minister Simon Harris said there could be “no room for public versus private” when Ireland was facing the COVID-19 crisis:

We must of course have equality of treatment, patients with this virus will be treated for free, and they’ll be treated as part of a single, national hospital service.

For the duration of this crisis the State will take control of all private hospital facilities and manage all of the resources for the common benefit of all of our people…

There can be no room for public versus private when it comes to pandemic.

https://skwawkbox.org/2020/03/25/ireland-nationalises-its-health-service-in-response-to-cv-crisis/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ireland-nationalises-its-health-service-in-response-to-cv-crisis

[OhNo-Really]

1. Very interesting 🤔

[rampartc]

2. those socialists!

we need to do the same.

[procon]

3. Opens many possibilities.

The combined buying power alone would be a huge offset. If the uninsured and underinsured didn't have to worry about the cost of getting tested or staying home from work to go to the doctor, it would help to slow down the spread of the virus.

Nationalizing hospitals and less would make it easier to develop and adhere to standardized rules and protocols that improve patient care and the safety of healthcare workers.

Even if it was used in only the hardest hit states, it would be a useful tool compared to every city, hospital, and lab doing their own thing.

[lpbk2713]

4. An excellent move.

Worry about the ripples later.

[BeckyDem]

5. Yes. The effort says all the right things, we are all equal, we will all receive the medical care

without the fear of debt.

[MerryBlooms]

8. rec.

[BeckyDem]

9. Thank you.

[MerryBlooms]

10. Thank you. Enjoying your posts this morning.

[Wounded Bear]

6. Medical care as a right, who'd a thunk?

[BeckyDem]

7. Not the pie in the sky nay sayers.

Right before their eyes, poof, you have no fear of medical debt if you become sick. You will receive treatment, just like those rich people!