It’s true that many US states have adopted new systems in which the money follows the child – to wild success. But the idea is also tremendously popular worldwide. Norway, Sweden, Spain, France, and more, all have robust voucher systems, while school choice is a constitutional right in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Ireland!
The fear of a “two-tiered healthcare system” rests upon the concern that too much private spending in healthcare will lure the best doctors, nurses, and laundry services to its siren call, leaving us poor saps who can’t afford such luxuries in publicly-funded squalor. The wealthy will always have choices in healthcare.
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