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From the perspective of most of the world, having to limit yourselves to medical care that's provided by a particular company seems very broken. (unless I'm misunderstanding how Kaiser works).

I can just go to whatever walk-in clinic, urgent care provider or emergency room I need, depending on the severity and get treatment (I do try to go to my GP if possible, but I have many options if that's not practical for some reason).



> From the perspective of most of the world, having to limit yourselves to medical care that's provided by a particular company seems very broken.

from the perspective of some people in the US, this is exactly what socialized medicine looks like, except you can't change the company.


Most countries that have socialized healthcare still have private providers - the government is paying for healthcare, but they're taking on the role of the insurance provider rather than the healthcare provider.




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