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Canadian health care is relatively inexpensive though. Canadians spent $8,563 Canadian Dollars per capita on health care in 2022, which is currently equivalent
by cmh89 3y ago
Canadian health care is relatively inexpensive though. Canadians spent $8,563 Canadian Dollars per capita on health care in 2022, which is currently equivalent to $6,320 US dollars per capita.
Americans spent $12,914 American dollars per capita in 2021 for health care costs. We pay over double per capita what Canadians pay.
Canada could increase the quality of the health care system by buying more services and paying more for services to increase quality.
https://www.cihi.ca/en/national-health-expenditure-trends-2022-snapshot https://www.cihi.ca/en/national-health-expenditure-trends-20...
https://www.cms.gov/research-statistics-data-and-systems/statistics-trends-and-reports/nationalhealthexpenddata/nationalhealthaccountshistorical https://www.cms.gov/research-statistics-data-and-systems/sta...
- kaczordon 3y agoAnd as the poster above you mentioned American health care is the most advanced in the world. So even if it is “double” the types of treatments available here are much better. I’ve had friends travel here just to get treated.
- nickfromseattle 3y ago> I’ve had friends travel here just to get treated. And a million+ Americans in border states travel to Mexico for routine procedures and prescriptions [0]. I imagine the numbers would be even higher if more Americans lived within travel distance of the southern border. [0] https://www.npr.org/2023/03/08/1161888974/medical-tourism-mexico-americans https://www.npr.org/2023/03/08/1161888974/medical-tourism-me...
- mrguyorama 3y ago"Most advanced in the world" to only 70% of Americans is a failed system.
- cmh89 3y ago>And as the poster above you mentioned American health care is the most advanced in the world. So even if it is “double” the types of treatments available here are much better. Most medical services are routine treatments that are the same wherever you go.People travel for special services, but special services don't represent most of that cost difference.
- andromeduck 3y agoIMO more interstate competition on services is the right way forward. We should make it cheaper for competitive providers to expand to neighboring states.