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The Economist did a nice comparison of different systems a few years back: https://www.economist.com/united-states/2017/08/10/the-fix-for-american-health-care-

• js2 8y ago
  Similarly, a Frontline episode: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/sickaroundtheworld/ https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/sickaroundtheworld/ An excellent book on the subject ("The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care"): https://www.amazon.com/Healing-America-Global-Better-Cheaper/dp/0143118218 https://www.amazon.com/Healing-America-Global-Better-Cheaper... And a comparison by The Commonwealth Fund: http://international.commonwealthfund.org/ http://international.commonwealthfund.org/ And just a reminder how long the U.S. has been having this argument: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinton_health_care_plan_of_1993 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinton_health_care_plan_of_19... And a quote from that page: The long-term political effects of a successful... health care bill will be even worse—much worse.... It will revive the reputation of... Democrats as the generous protector of middle-class interests. And it will at the same time strike a punishing blow against Republican claims to defend the middle class by restraining government. — William Kristol, "Defeating President Clinton's Healthcare Proposal", December 1993