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Medicaid applies blanket to less than 20% of the population while providing less coverage and having worse outcomes than the NHS. I picked the NHS because it s
by cuuupid 2y ago
Medicaid applies blanket to less than 20% of the population while providing less coverage and having worse outcomes than the NHS.
I picked the NHS because it serves the same size population (70M) while having more coverage and better outcomes.
Having lived in the UK yeah the waiting times suck, I went to a doctor actively bleeding out with an infection and they gave me a dressing and said to wait 3 months for a surgeon. That’s insane but the same outcome people on Medicaid will get in the US.
In the above anecdote I just flew back to the US the next day and was treated and “cured” 4 hours after landing. But, I did that on private insurance, not Medicaid. When americans shit on the NHS they are comparing it to their private insurance, not to the state funded healthcare options (Medicaid/Medicare).