When medical expenses constituted only a small percentage of income, as was typically the case 50 years ago, an egalitarian approach to healthcare was a small extravagance. The direct and indirect costs were relatively minor and affordable.
许多社会把医疗视为一项权利，而非奢侈品。当50年前医疗费用通常只占收入的一小部分的时候，以平均主义对待医疗是一个小小的奢侈。直接和间接的费用相对较小而且可以承受。