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re: Senator Sanders' healthcare/tax plan.
Posted on 3/29/17 at 2:22 pm to CelticDog
Posted on 3/29/17 at 2:22 pm to CelticDog
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The U.S. spends more on health care per person, .......... But all that money has not made Americans healthier than the rest of the world
Two things you need to understand, which in your case may not be possible. First, "Healthy" is not a function of health care. And secondly, health insurance is NOT health care.
More money is "spent" here because most of the world's medical innovation and medical research (outside of Roche Holdings) happens here. Regardless of your station in life you have access to the most advanced health care in the world in the U.S.
Or we could go the way you and Bernie suggest with inferior results when lives are on the line.
This post was edited on 3/29/17 at 5:17 pm
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Posted on 3/29/17 at 3:48 pm to ljhog
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More money is "spent" here because most of the world's medical innovation and medical research (outside of Roche Holdings) happens here. Regardless of your station in life you have access to the most advanced health care in the world in the U.S. Or we could go the way you and Bernie suggest with inferior results when lives are on the line.
Those are good points. The main point, imo, is that the useful idiots that claim that other countries that have socialized medicine spend less money than free market healthcare systems is that, under socialized medicine, the cost is nothing more than a number in a budget. That much money is to be spent. Divide that number by the number of people in the country and *poof* theres your cost per citizen. Thats why rationing and long wait times for care are common.
Its a bogus apples to oranges comparison.
This post was edited on 3/29/17 at 3:49 pm
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