This is a lie, of course. The US spends about 170-180 billion U.S. dollars on medical R&D, the EU spends about 100-110 billion dollars on medical R&D. While n

This is a lie, of course. The US spends about 170-180 billion U.S. dollars on medical R&D, the EU spends about 100-110 billion dollars on medical R&D. While not equally, but Europe is definitely not "freeloading". The costs of US healthcare lie squarely within the insurance tower of babel.