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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 econom
by 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 agoThe 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.