A_Garbage_Truck t1_iui3sz8 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 2:37 PM

> I feel like this is a crucial question to answer.

its not as relevant as you think, their jobs would simply become obsolete and/or reduced.

the existence of a National Health Service doesnt remove the demand for Health insurance(private hospitals/practices are still very much a thing), it just forces them to adapt to the competition and make their premiums and reinbursements, competitively priced since they no longer get to dangle the " accept or die" keys over the people.

Employers would likely remove it as a benefit(unless the job demands for liability and safety) but then this would force them to also improve wages to match the gap.

thebatmansymbol OP t1_iui4wgl wrote on October 31, 2022 at 2:45 PM

I guess you mean there will still be other health services and costs that could insurance could cover. It will just be smaller?

A_Garbage_Truck t1_iui5xhy wrote on October 31, 2022 at 2:52 PM

kinda?

it's more the sense that evne when you are providing a free option there tends to be caveats to it that some people wont be interested in(make no mistake "Free healthcare" is not free, in order for this system to function properly thre needs to be regulations put in place in the interest of protecting the Health of the population, and this is where you have a lot of pushback from lobbies un the US).

the common complain with NHS performance is wait times and the perceived notion that the quality of care is gonna be lesser(this is not true), so they might sitll want or need access ot the private sector, this is where having Health insurance is gonna matter and where the demand would remain.

but ultimately the big shake up would be, that with a free altenrative available, Health insurance providers would have a ceiling on how much much they can charge clients and hospitals(since they have a choice now)

this is also to mention that many jobs that were placed in the private sector, would just get transffered over to be managed in the public sector(you still need people to coordinate hospitals in order to assure that payments and the financial side of running them are taken care of.)