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People in France pay less than half what people in the USA pay for healthcare, and they also get much better quality of healthcare as well. https://en.wikipedi
by cpncrunch 10y ago
People in France pay less than half what people in the USA pay for healthcare, and they also get much better quality of healthcare as well.
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...
How are you "free" when you're being scammed by your insurance companies and hospitals into paying more than twice what you should be for your inferior healthcare?
- witty_username 10y agoIf insurance companies and hospitals are scamming people, then why aren't people investing in those companies? Or why aren't people starting a insurance company or hospital? If there's really a scam, people could make good money from it.
- cpncrunch 10y agoActually, inefficiency would probably be a better term than "scam". Here is an article that goes into some of the reasons: http://insights.som.yale.edu/insights/why-is-healthcare-so-expensive http://insights.som.yale.edu/insights/why-is-healthcare-so-e...
- tmnvix 10y ago> If insurance companies and hospitals are scamming people, then why aren't people investing in those companies? People do. Generally wealthy people. That there is so much money being made in the healthcare industry is a large part of the problem.