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I like the NHS.
by bugglebeetle 3y ago
I like the NHS.
- eru 3y agoVery approximately, Americans spends about 20% of their GDP on healthcare. Britain spends about 10%. Singapore spends about 5%. (Those numbers include both government spending, like on the NHS or US Medicare and private spending.) The NHS looks good compared to the broken American system. But it's a spendthrift compared to Singapore. Healthcare outcomes in Singapore are no worse than in the US or UK. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthcare_in_Singapore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthcare_in_Singapore for more information.
- DanBC 3y agoI don't think you included out of pocket payments for Singapore, but you have for England.
- eru 3y agoI rounded heavily, instead of looking it up. Blame laziness. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS?end=2019&most_recent_value_desc=true&start=2000 https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS?end=2... has the numbers. Picking 2019 to avoid covid's effects you get: US: 16.68% UK: 9.87% Singapore: 4.42% The world bank also has data to show private vs public health expenditure.