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My only experience is really with places like Costa Rica / some Caribbean locations. My impression was they spent a lot less on health care - and end of life ca
by slownews45 5y ago
My only experience is really with places like Costa Rica / some Caribbean locations. My impression was they spent a lot less on health care - and end of life care was much more modest. That said, overall health didn't seem too bad.
One thing I liked a lot - for basic health care - you could really just walk in and get near immediate service for a modest fee (doctors did not live in oceanside mansions). Prescriptions were laughably easy to get as well - antibiotics etc that in the US meant going to doctor, getting scrip, calling it into pharmacy, going to pharmacy etc - all that appears just much less regulated in some of these places. Basic imaging services / dental services also inexpensive.
They just didn't have the super advanced stuff you see in the US. So I just don't think you could spent $10M during last 12 months of life there, they don't have infrastructure / equipment to do that even if you wanted. So folks probably die earlier as a result?
- kzrdude 5y agoYou should compare outcomes and expenses in the US with really well developed health care systems like UK, Germany, Denmark or others. US still ranks as spending almost double (in total) per person than any of those countries. Does it have better outcomes? Better late stage life? Does it even have the same level of outcomes, with the higher price?