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Peronsal (european biased) thoughts to this: 1) I cant believe that it's only the doctor costs. I see people with all kinds of health problems in the US that

Peronsal (european biased) thoughts to this: 1) I cant believe that it's only the doctor costs. I see people with all kinds of health problems in the US that should be treated early. Classic example is people with foot problems not treating them asap -> soon stumbling, crutch, amputee. 2) Comparing salaries in the US to the UK/EU are super hard. We have by usually lower costs of livings in europe (health, education, housing). eg SE: http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Software_Engineer/Salary http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Software_Engineer/Sa... http://www.payscale.com/research/UK/Job=Software_Engineer/Salary http://www.payscale.com/research/UK/Job=Software_Engineer/Sa... Personal anecdote: i could earn half my money i earn in california and would still be top paid in germany/austria. i would be able to save more money though. 3) I am unsure how much doctors should earn. They earn very good money in Europe. But maybe that's just my "it's a mandatory service not a privilege" pre-trained mindset speaking.

yummyfajitas 10y ago
1) It's also nurse costs, etc. The bulk of health care costs is labor. Again, I linked to RCTs showing that improving access to health care doesn't improve health and does increase costs/utilization. Do you have any evidence to the contrary? 2) The UK is 6% more expensive than the US. I don't know where to find the exact PPP factors, but you can back them out of GDP statistics by dividing GDP(PPP) per capita / GDP(nominal) per capita. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)_per_capita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nomi... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)... Where do people get the crazy idea that the US is more expensive than the EU? Is it just personal experience from their vacation to NYC?

yummyfajitas 10y ago

1) It's also nurse costs, etc. The bulk of health care costs is labor. Again, I linked to RCTs showing that improving access to health care doesn't improve health and does increase costs/utilization. Do you have any evidence to the contrary? 2) The UK is 6% more expensive than the US. I don't know where to find the exact PPP factors, but you can back them out of GDP statistics by dividing GDP(PPP) per capita / GDP(nominal) per capita. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)_per_capita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nomi... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)... Where do people get the crazy idea that the US is more expensive than the EU? Is it just personal experience from their vacation to NYC?