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Exactly. Also people should consult the Kaiser Family Foundation website and look into the statistics in general on Medicare. The data there is what you can exp

Exactly. Also people should consult the Kaiser Family Foundation website and look into the statistics in general on Medicare. The data there is what you can expect to deal with once you are retired. If you have an exorbitantly expensive medicine that is covered under Medicare Part D (extremely, extremely likely), then you will face something called Medicare Part D catastrophic coverage. One should especially look into the data on that. It is really easy to be in the Medicare Part D catastrophic coverage situation. Even if you are sitting on a mountain of cash during retirement, it is profoundly wasteful to be paying anywhere from $20,000/year-$100,000/year for your medicine, which is usually a lifesaving medicine, and is life or death, whether you take it or not. Not to mention: The third leading cause of death in the United States in preventable medical errors. If you do not believe me then Google it. When a country has the third leading cause of death as preventable medical errors, they are almost always developing or third world countries. But, the US is an anomaly in that respect. You can go the the best hospitals and the best doctors in the United States, but you cannot evade a statistic like that. When that statistic is so high, these issues are so pervasive that they are definitely present in a completely unacceptable way, even with the best institutions, hospitals and doctors in the United States. If one was smart, they would investigate this further and decide to leave. Europe, especially West and Northern Europe, should be places one should by vying for. But anywhere in the European Union typically will be a step up from this chaos of a system.

tbugrara 7y ago
> The third leading cause of death in the United States in preventable medical errors. If you do not believe me then Google it. I googled it. The third leading cause of death is 'accidents.' Where are you seeing 'preventable medical errors'?
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  Here is the NPR news article about it: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/05/03/476636183/death-certificates-undercount-toll-of-medical-errors https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/05/03/4766361... There has been a lot of research done about it. It would be foolish to underestimate the scale of the problem. Also, if you are concerned about getting the best possible care, or even just staying alive long-term, one should spend a lot of time examining http://healthdata.org http://healthdata.org Life expectancy can be a good start when it comes to just investigating things. The research from this site is very solid and all of it is open access. It was funded partly by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation too. A lot of this research comes from the University of Washington. They have a remarkable statistics department in general. They also have an phenomenal medical school. In terms of public medical schools, it is by far one of the best. Only UCLA and UCSF compete with it. Their allied health programs are great too. If you live in Seattle, the care tends to be fairly consistent. Anyways, I am basically affirming my allegiance to UW Medical School. They kept my grandmother alive for many more years than what we would have ever expected. Anyways, you can bet on it that their research is solid, even though I have deep respect for UW Medical School.
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tbugrara 7y ago

> The third leading cause of death in the United States in preventable medical errors. If you do not believe me then Google it. I googled it. The third leading cause of death is 'accidents.' Where are you seeing 'preventable medical errors'?

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Here is the NPR news article about it: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/05/03/476636183/death-certificates-undercount-toll-of-medical-errors https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/05/03/4766361... There has been a lot of research done about it. It would be foolish to underestimate the scale of the problem. Also, if you are concerned about getting the best possible care, or even just staying alive long-term, one should spend a lot of time examining http://healthdata.org http://healthdata.org Life expectancy can be a good start when it comes to just investigating things. The research from this site is very solid and all of it is open access. It was funded partly by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation too. A lot of this research comes from the University of Washington. They have a remarkable statistics department in general. They also have an phenomenal medical school. In terms of public medical schools, it is by far one of the best. Only UCLA and UCSF compete with it. Their allied health programs are great too. If you live in Seattle, the care tends to be fairly consistent. Anyways, I am basically affirming my allegiance to UW Medical School. They kept my grandmother alive for many more years than what we would have ever expected. Anyways, you can bet on it that their research is solid, even though I have deep respect for UW Medical School.
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