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"The same professional association exists in Canada and other countries, yet our health care expenditures are under control." Many times, the costs are not und
by TriinT 17y ago
"The same professional association exists in Canada and other countries, yet our health care expenditures are under control."
Many times, the costs are not under control, they are hidden. I come from Europe, and in my homecountry the AMA-like lobby is powerful too. The reason why the health care expenditure seems to be under control is that health care is subsidized by the state. You pay for it with the highest sales tax in Europe. No free lunch, right?
- martythemaniak 17y agoStatistics on healthcare expenditures as a percentage of GDP are freely available around the net. Have a look. The US spends substantially more than European countries and gets worse results. If you add up what you pay for healthcare in taxes, and what the average American spends in taxes and private insurance, you'll find you spend far less. Your high VAT is likely needed because of any other number of government programs not available in the US.
- TriinT 17y agoI am aware that the U.S. spends way too much money in health care and gets less than brilliant results. I will never understand how that is possible...