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Doesn't seem like a very good comparison considering it's "free" in most other countries.
by BaronVonSteuben 9y ago
Doesn't seem like a very good comparison considering it's "free" in most other countries.
- randyrand 9y agoIt'd still be worthwhile to know how much the government pays in costs in those countries.
- isostatic 9y agoThe US as a whole pays about 3 times as much per person than most Western European countries, and over twice as much as the most expenesive ones.
- kthejoker2 9y agoWhat? We don't even pay twice as much as most countries, although our cost curve is rising. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_health_expenditure_per_capita?wprov=sfla1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_hea...
- randyrand 9y agoGreat source. I enjoyed looking at that. Socialized health care is not the silver bullet in terms of cost reduction. No shock there though...
- hiyer 9y agoIndia has free, government-run hospitals but they're few and far between, so most people prefer the private ones. In a private, for-profit hospital, an uncomplicated Caesarean section with around a week's stay for mom and baby would cost ~ $1500, out of which insurance would cover ~ $900. According to the article, this would cost ~$51k in the US, so even non-free services are much cheaper outside the US. As an aside, Indian private hospitals are far from altruistic when it comes to cost, as recent incidents[1] have shown. 1. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/fortis-dengue-death-case-haryana-government-orders-probe/articleshow/61741210.cms https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/fortis-dengue-deat...