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In general, the US pays more, and has less effective healthcare than countries with universal/single-payer systems[1][2][3]. There's plenty of reasons for that
by paranoidrobot 4y ago
In general, the US pays more, and has less effective healthcare than countries with universal/single-payer systems[1][2][3].
There's plenty of reasons for that.
[1] https://grattan.edu.au/news/more-expensive-but-less-effective-the-us-healthcare-system-explained/ https://grattan.edu.au/news/more-expensive-but-less-effectiv...
[2] https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/universal-health-care-could-have-saved-more-than-330-000-u-s-lives-during-covid/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/universal-health-...
[3] https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2020/jan/us-health-care-global-perspective-2019 https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2...
- googlryas 4y agoI agree, but that doesn't mean OPs overall burden is capped at 1600 eur/year
- paranoidrobot 4y agoThese studies are using total spend - inclusive of taxation and direct payments.