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Medical research in the US comes out to something like $500/year per capita. It’s doesn't come anywhere close to accounting for the cost differences between the

Medical research in the US comes out to something like $500/year per capita. It’s doesn't come anywhere close to accounting for the cost differences between the US and other first-world countries.

AmericanChopper 8y ago
I didn’t say research alone did. I said that when you compare investment in research, as well as the quality of care, you’d expect the cost of healthcare in the US to be higher. As much higher as they are? I don’t think so. But if you want to fix the accessibility issues without impacting innovation and quality of care, then you’re going to need a solution slightly more thought out than hamfisted price fixing.
- DanBC 8y ago
  > as well as the quality of care, you’d expect the cost of healthcare in the US to be higher If the quality of care is so amazing I'd expect Americans to have longer life expectancy, and they don't.
  - eitally 8y ago
    As a parent poster noted, the system is optimized to provide amazing care for the people who can afford it ... and those people do have longer life expectancy. https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/1/9/16860994/life-expectancy-us-income-inequality https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/1/9/16860994/lif...