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Your assumptions are totally incorrect. US has the most subsidized healthcare in the world by GDP. That's for starters. Second, I gave you hard data. What do yo

Your assumptions are totally incorrect. US has the most subsidized healthcare in the world by GDP. That's for starters. Second, I gave you hard data. What do you give me? Your wishful thinking that China will adhere to your wishes? And start paying for nothing? The Party doesn't pay for nothing. In China you work. And you pay for your doctor.

onethought 5y ago
Why is us health care so expensive then? In Australia drs and hospitals are free… there is no cost. How do you subsidise more than that? In the US I’ve used the hospital system once (minor treatment, no over night stay) my insurance paid $4000+ usd. In China I’ve used the hospital system for a fairly serious physical injury and was treated very quickly, couple hours and I paid ~$600 rmb.
- CRConrad 5y ago
  > In China I’ve used the hospital system for a fairly serious physical injury and was treated very quickly, couple hours and I paid ~$600 rmb. What does "~$600 rmb" mean? That '$' character is usually called a dollar sign. Do you mean "about US$ 600, but in Renminbi"; or are you just using the dollar sign as a general currency sign, to say "about 600 Renminbi"?
  - onethought 5y ago
    600 rmb. Emphasising my point what does $150USD get you on an American hospital - maybe a Tylenol?
CRConrad 5y ago
> US has the most subsidized healthcare in the world by GDP. No. Just... No, absolutely not. That's among the most factually incorrect statements I've seen anywhere online, let alone on HN. Why would you even write something like that; are you really so utterly ill-informed, or just plain lying?
- onethought 5y ago
  I think in a really stupid way, it’s correct. As in: The US spend more on healthcare as a percentage of gdp. But it pretends that capital efficiency between government spending is equal. As Australia shows: free hospitals for less per/capita(or gdp) spending than the US…

onethought 5y ago

Why is us health care so expensive then? In Australia drs and hospitals are free… there is no cost. How do you subsidise more than that? In the US I’ve used the hospital system once (minor treatment, no over night stay) my insurance paid $4000+ usd. In China I’ve used the hospital system for a fairly serious physical injury and was treated very quickly, couple hours and I paid ~$600 rmb.

CRConrad 5y ago
> In China I’ve used the hospital system for a fairly serious physical injury and was treated very quickly, couple hours and I paid ~$600 rmb. What does "~$600 rmb" mean? That '$' character is usually called a dollar sign. Do you mean "about US$ 600, but in Renminbi"; or are you just using the dollar sign as a general currency sign, to say "about 600 Renminbi"?
- onethought 5y ago
  600 rmb. Emphasising my point what does $150USD get you on an American hospital - maybe a Tylenol?

CRConrad 5y ago

> US has the most subsidized healthcare in the world by GDP. No. Just... No, absolutely not. That's among the most factually incorrect statements I've seen anywhere online, let alone on HN. Why would you even write something like that; are you really so utterly ill-informed, or just plain lying?

onethought 5y ago
I think in a really stupid way, it’s correct. As in: The US spend more on healthcare as a percentage of gdp. But it pretends that capital efficiency between government spending is equal. As Australia shows: free hospitals for less per/capita(or gdp) spending than the US…