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I actually wrote a paper on the US healthcare some time ago. I didn't look at Taiwan but looked at European nations. US outcomes were poorer and the care was m

by avgDev 5y ago

I actually wrote a paper on the US healthcare some time ago. I didn't look at Taiwan but looked at European nations. US outcomes were poorer and the care was more expensive. I don't know any other first world nation, where managing medical bills can take this much time. After we had a child, I spend 40 hours on a phone trying to untangle insurance mix up made by the hospital. I have an EU citizenship and did use healthcare in Poland. While imperfect my parents were never worried about cost. People in US do not seek care to avoid spending money, which drives the cost even higher. I could go on and on, and maybe I can dig up the paper. Make some updates and make a post about it.

LurkingPenguin 5y ago
> I didn't look at Taiwan but looked at European nations. US outcomes were poorer and the care was more expensive. But that's very different from the statement than "healthcare in the US is completely broken" and the suggestion that patients in the US are being short-changed when it comes to time with primary care physicians. Even if European nations have better outcomes at lower cost wouldn't inherently mean that US healthcare is "completely broken." > I don't know any other first world nation, where managing medical bills can take this much time. When I was in the US, I was a member of one of the largest HMOs. I never had any issues with medical bills. Of course, HMOs are very different than PPOs, but that too makes me question the "healthcare in the US is completely broken" sentiment. I think a less hyperbolic and more accurate statement would be "healthcare in the US is big and complex and one's experience and outcomes can vary greatly based on a wide range of factors."