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Because the USA has a fundamentally broken healthcare system, which it propagandizes as the best in the world despite actual evidence that it is not.
by dsr_ 6y ago
Because the USA has a fundamentally broken healthcare system, which it propagandizes as the best in the world despite actual evidence that it is not.
- marketingPro 6y agoI put most blame on the American Medical Association who is a top lobbyist and created the Physician cartel. 300 to 600k per year salaries are not natural, German Physicians don't make that much or go to school for as long yet have similar outcomes.
- mmmmmbop 6y agoWhile the physician salaries in the U.S. are indeed much higher than in Germany, I believe the time to become a fully accredited doctor is roughly the same. In the U.S. it's 8 years of school plus a 3- to 7-year residency program, versus 6.5 years of school plus a 5- to 6-year residency program in Germany.
- deepakhj 6y agoMedical school in Germany is also free.
- JohnJamesRambo 6y agoBut their admission letters all say they want to be a doctor "to help people."
- cbm-vic-20 6y agoAs an American, I do believe that the US has some of the best doctors, research, and medical technology in the world. I also believe it's really, really expensive, and out of reach for too much of our population, largely due to how to tie health insurance plans to employment. That makes sense in industries with a high injury rate, but the US doesn't have that kind of economy anymore.
- matwood 6y agoI think you've hit on why it's also so hard to change the system in the US. Quite a number of people do have this great care. They work (or are trapped working) for big companies or the gov. who subsidize their health insurance. They simply don't understand when people say the US has all these issues because for them there are no issues. This is just another example of the US being a place where the gap between the haves and have nots is extremely large.
- borroka 6y agoPlenty of European countries offer the same if not better technology, health service, and professionalism. I had 3 surgeries in the US, 2 were so and so, 1 was "botched" in one of the most prestigious hospitals in the US (Stanford). Treated of course like no more than someone whose insurance is paying, not a follow up beyond what is required by law. I would much prefer to have my next (hopefully in a distant future) surgery in my native European country. And at least they tend to see you as a human and not a cash cow.