Wendy Brown on Healthcare.

The video discusses the high costs and low quality of the US health care system compared to other OECD countries. It critiques the system as being driven by monopoly capitalism rather than ordoliberalism, with significant influence from powerful industries like Big Pharma. The video also examines Obamacare, highlighting its privatized nature and the challenges of health care access due to job changes and state lines. It concludes by discussing the political and economic factors that shape health care policies, emphasizing the role of neoliberal ideologies and the exclusion of single-payer options.

What is one of the main criticisms of the U.S. health care system compared to other OECD nations?

• It is based on ordoliberalism.

• It is too affordable.

• It has the highest quality of service.

• It is expensive and of low quality.

How is Obamacare primarily structured?

• As a fully marketized health care system.

• As a single-payer health care system.

• As a collection of privatized arrangements.

• As a state-provisioned health care system.

What is a common misconception about Obamacare?

• It is a public health care system.

• It is a state-provisioned health care system.

• It is a single-payer system.

• It is a free market system.

What is a significant barrier to health care access in the U.S.?

• Too many free market options.

• Excessive government intervention.

• Prohibitive costs associated with insurance.

• Lack of hospitals.

What is one reason many people in the U.S. remain uninsured?

• They have too many insurance options.

• They are covered by universal health care.

• They move in and out of jobs or states.

• They prefer not to have insurance.

What was a major influence on the creation of the U.S. health care legislation?

• The success of other countries' systems.

• The need for a single-payer system.

• The power of large companies.

• The demands of the general public.

Why was single-payer health care not considered in the U.S.?

• It was too expensive.

• It was opposed due to neoliberal ideologies.

• It was seen as too market-oriented.

• It was already implemented.