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> The biggest difference is it has less red tape than the US, and insurance companies play a minor role. If true, you are glossing over a pretty substantial di
by Cadsby 15y ago
> The biggest difference is it has less red tape than the US, and insurance companies play a minor role.
If true, you are glossing over a pretty substantial difference between the two systems.
- ktizo 15y agoAnd then ignoring most of the others, like the truly colossal difference in money spent per capita and the fact that the public health system, while so chronically underfunded that it is unable to do it's job, is at least nominally charged with trying to provide a free universal service paid for by taxation.
- yummyfajitas 15y agoI'm not so much glossing it over as emphasizing it. The Indian healthcare system is like the US healthcare system, except people are not insulated from the price. As a result, people shop around. I.e., Nitramp is wrong, people are capable of shopping around, all they need is incentive to do so.