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My European point of view is that on many social issues America is primitive, not only healthcare. I didn't realize it before I lived there. Although some peopl
by yodsanklai 8y ago
My European point of view is that on many social issues America is primitive, not only healthcare. I didn't realize it before I lived there. Although some people would argue that it's a feature and not a bug, in the sense that Americans pay lower taxes and are free not to spend on healthcare if they don't want too.
- josho 8y ago> free not to spend on healthcare if they don't want too At an individual level that is correct. But at the macro level it is wrong because when a person gets sick those costs are realized in the economy (eg. instead of cheap preventive care up front avoidance of early treatment means some percent will end up in much more expensive ER services that will cost more than if all those individuals saw a family physician).