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> So it is in a bad state because it does not receive enough money, that's it In real terms the budget is the largest it's ever been, it's a relic of the time
by riv991 1y ago
> So it is in a bad state because it does not receive enough money, that's it
In real terms the budget is the largest it's ever been, it's a relic of the time when people worked and died shortly (a decade) after retiring, not when they live for 30+ years longer.
- vidarh 1y agoIt's still one of the cheapest healthcare systems among similarly wealthy countries per capita - it's seriously underfunded. To bring it to a comparable level to similarly wealthy countries would take an increase in funding of 20%-30%.
- nicoburns 1y ago> In real terms the budget is the largest it's ever been Which it needs to be given the demographic changes you note. It's about 15% smaller per capita than comparable countries spend. That would suggest that we need to increase the budget if we want comparable service.
- graemep 1y agoThat has changed in recent years. Now greater than in France in absolute spend per capita, would need a 7.5% increase to match in terms of GDP. It would still require a 15% increase to match Germany in absolute per capita, but only 8.5% in percentage of GDP. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.XPD.CHEX.PC.CD?locations=FR-DE-GB https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.XPD.CHEX.PC.CD?locat... https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS?end=2023&locations=FR-DE-GB&start=2000&view=chart https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS?end=2...