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No, I factored taxes into my calculation. I am aware that "free" healthcare is not "free" unless you do not pay tax.
by dibujante 11y ago
No, I factored taxes into my calculation. I am aware that "free" healthcare is not "free" unless you do not pay tax.
- ghaff 11y agoAccording to this [1] which is fairly consistent with other things I've read, US costs are maybe 25% higher than in Canada. What that means is debatable in the context of waiting times, etc. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_the_healthcare_systems_in_Canada_and_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_the_healthcare_s...
- davidw 11y agoLooks like it's almost double in the US: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_health_expenditure_per_capita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_hea... Anecdotally, waiting to see a regular old doctor was faster in Italy than in the US. Some specialist visits involved longer waiting times in Italy. Going private in Italy was generally both fast and cheap: something like 100 euro for a chest X-ray done the next day. Canada's health care system is good, I guess, but it's generally not ranked quite as highly as places like France and Italy, IIRC. More comparisons tend to be made with Canada and the UK because of the common language.
- dibujante 11y agoMy understanding is that the Canadian system is a step above the US system but not otherwise that great on a global scale. This is pretty much Canada's national motto.
- JoBrad 11y agoThe US government was spending 25% more on healthcare, pre-ACA, and with less comprehensive healthcare than Canada. Actual healthcare cost overall (on average) is roughly double for all of the year's listed in the chart.