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The medical system there is far more similar to the US system than the European system. It fails some of its citizens the same way the US system fails some of i
by malandrew 7y ago
The medical system there is far more similar to the US system than the European system. It fails some of its citizens the same way the US system fails some of its citizens. Yet it is also similar to the US system is that it is fostering more medical innovation than socialized systems as well. Basically it is similar in both good and bad ways.
China has made more gains in medical R&D than pretty much any other country besides the US and a lot of that has to do with the fact that it allows firms to profit like the US does. It's the second biggest drug market after the United States and I believe it's also the second biggest market for clinical trials after the US.
- redis_mlc 7y agoCorrect. Generally in China you buy your way into a hospital bed if it's busy. And "Big Sickness" (the Chinese term for cancer and heart surgery) ruins family finances, similar to the USA.
- refurb 7y agoJeeze dude. There are millions of Americans who weather cancer and heart surgery just fine without ruining their finances.
- baq 7y agoBy putting whatever they’ve got left in an offshore trust and declaring bankruptcy?
- refurb 7y agoNo, by hitting their out of pocket max and having insurance pay the rest. By your same logic, everyone who has a baby in the US must be ruined financially as well?
- mensetmanusman 7y ago70 y.o: $2k social security check, $2k insurance costs, no savings (This is my dad’s case...)
- loceng 7y agoI'm curious what the exact costs (financial and otherwise) are for these gains in medical R&D. Canada's system likewise has pros and cons to it, and I believe once democracy and freedom is stabilized via adequate distribution of resources sharing the technological gains of this century, then society must first focus on analyzing, conversing about, our health systems in depth. The conversation for too long has been primarily held, lead, by industrial complexes and specialized professionals in funnels that are more indoctrinated, non-interdisciplinary, than is healthy.