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> However Canadians have free healthcare I don't like this use of "free". It is paid for by taxes. That is no where near free. It is extremely hard in a hig

• janalsncm 2y ago
  Fair point, it isn’t “free” of course. But it is accessible to everyone. No copay/deductible/coinsurance bs. > It is extremely hard in a highly advanced economy to provide quality healthcare at less than 10% of GDP. In the US we pay 17% of GDP towards healthcare and tons of people still can’t afford it.
  • defrost 2y ago
    The general view of US healthcare is that not much of the money paid toward better health outcomes reaches the target. A quote from another comment here is: Australia’s health system far outperforms the .. US healthcare system, which spends nearly twice as much per capita as Australia to deliver far worse outcomes — including Americans dying five years younger than us.
  • throwaway2037 2y ago
    > No copay/deductible/coinsurance bs. Many highly developed countries have copays in their national health insurance programme.