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Are the prices that Medicare pay orders of magnitude different? ISTR that Medicare and the VA both pay about $10k per patient per year, which I think is compara
by peteretep 8y ago
Are the prices that Medicare pay orders of magnitude different? ISTR that Medicare and the VA both pay about $10k per patient per year, which I think is comparable with the NHS. No sources as this is half-remembered.
- philtar 8y agoWe would also need to know the average number of visits per patient before this data means anything otherwise it's just data without context or meaning.
- TwoHeadedBeast 8y agoNHS spending is £2892 per person/year, that's quite a bit lower.
- peteretep 8y agoHuh, that's much lower than I thought.
- DanBC 8y agoThere's a bit of complication because we're comparing one system with not much insurance with a different system that has a lot of insurance. Here's a nice run through of the numbers. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42950587 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42950587
- bboreham 8y agoInteresting, this paper gives £2256 (table 2) https://www.health.org.uk/sites/default/files/AutumnBudgetWhatItMeans.pdf https://www.health.org.uk/sites/default/files/AutumnBudgetWh... This page gives $4246: https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collection/health-spending-u-s-compare-countries/ https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collection/health-...
- bbddg 8y agoPeople on Medicare are over 65 and people in the VA have been in the military. Both of those groups of people are going to have much higher medical needs than the general population.
- neffy 8y agoUS health spending in aggregate is between 2-3% more than comparable European countries. Life expectancy is several years lower.