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When there are 250M adults in the US, and 130M of them have had financial strain due to health costs, it's blatantly obvious that our highly privatized care sys
by dv_dt 8y ago
When there are 250M adults in the US, and 130M of them have had financial strain due to health costs, it's blatantly obvious that our highly privatized care system is falling down.
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/American-Cancer-Society-Says-High-Health-Costs-Cause-Financial-Strain-for-More-Than-130-Million-US-Adults-509390771.html https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/Ameri...
On the other hand, other first world governments adds strong government involvement in healthcare markets and average half the cost we do in the US. If you look at say the NHS in UK, it's pretty clear that government involvement results in a much smaller amount of bureaucracy from healthcare compared to the US.