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Actually it was $1.7 billion USD https://oig.hhs.gov/reports/all/2014/an-overview-of-60-contracts-that-contributed-to-the-development-and-operation-of-the-feder
by enceladus06 1y ago
Actually it was $1.7 billion USD https://oig.hhs.gov/reports/all/2014/an-overview-of-60-contracts-that-contributed-to-the-development-and-operation-of-the-federal-marketplace/ https://oig.hhs.gov/reports/all/2014/an-overview-of-60-contr... for contracts for a heavily-bureaucratic application process.
Or pay slightly more in tax & actually spend less in healthcare per capita like UK/Canada/Au/NZ, and you just go to the doctor and don't worry about ambulance bills. But neither political party wants that, so we don't do it.
- BurningFrog 1y agoYou don't get any bills in those systems, but you also don't get treatments that are deemed too expensive for the government system.
- ascorbic 1y agoJust as well nobody ever has treatment denied in the US system, right?
- enceladus06 1y agoAnd yet you still live ~4 years longer in non-USA countries with similar income. USA Healthcare ROI is quite pathetic, but that is by design. https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collection/what-drives-differences-in-life-expectancy-between-the-u-s-and-comparable-countries/ https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collection/what-dr...
- BurningFrog 1y agoThis surprises everyone, but the quality and level of healthcare actually doesn't have a huge impact on average lifespan! From memory, it's just around 1-2 years. In contrast, modern sanitation (underground sewers, mostly) and access to clean water added 15-20 years! Lifespan is far more affected by how healthy a life you live. In the US the opioid epidemic has lowered it ~1 year. (This is not intended as an argument, just some facts I think more people should know)