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When someone criticizes US healthcare, they are almost always using "healthcare" to mean "the care that everyone receives on average" and not "the healthcare re
by 1-more 2y ago
When someone criticizes US healthcare, they are almost always using "healthcare" to mean "the care that everyone receives on average" and not "the healthcare received by those with good insurance." Private jets fly from around the world to The Cleveland Clinic and The Mayo Clinic every day, but that's not what's at issue for most people.
- robertlagrant 2y agoThey also aren't criticising the fact that the US funds most healthcare advancements that are then bought in bulk by socialised programmes once the hard work of discovery and validation is done, and raises the average for everyone. Until Trump cancels the funding, at which point they suddenly remember it, but only in the context of Trump criticism.
- thfuran 2y agoAnd the routine care at sites like the Cleveland Clinic is often not particularly good even with good insurance. But they do have a lot of fancy specialists.
- DanielHB 2y agoIn Brazil the top private hospitals were full of people speaking in Spanish and English. Private care is only better if you pay out of pocket though, most people with private insurance in Brazil don't get to go to those hospitals.
- DANmode 2y agoThis assuming you already have some idea what's going on. I was turned away from any attempt at diagnosis, because neither facility seemed to know (or care) which department to send me to... I was ready to sign a blank check - but they seemingly refuse to hurt their stats with potentially unsolvable cases... Form a reply if you disagree...downvoting doesn't change the fact that even these top facilities end up embarrassing us as a nation...