Darkknight wrote:
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It's designed to be an example of why socialized medicine would fail on a larger scale.
Disagree. They want it to work. Is it not?
--DK
The OHP is woefully underfunded (or so they claim, at least) and so basically won't cover anyone over, oh, about half the poverty line unless they're pregnant. (Minor exaggeration for effect, but it's pretty damn close to that.)
It's pretty well designed to be crap, or to soak up as much of the budget as possible (what with the goddamn teacher's union in this state, that doesn't tend to be much). If everyone suddenly were making 3x what they were, maybe they'd cover everyone at or below the poverty line.
...But I wouldn't count on it.