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Originally Posted by Max2147
The US healthcare system is great - if you can pay for all of it.
People who travel abroad for medical care generally fly first class or take their own private jets. For those people, the US is generally the best option. Americans who are rich enough to travel abroad for healthcare can usually afford the best care here, so they don't need to travel.
The people who get screwed by the American healthcare system are those who can't afford to travel abroad for care. Those people would be better off under a European-style system, but they can't afford to go to Europe for healthcare.
That said, I have plenty of friends who have been in countries with socialized medicine for other reasons, and had to use their systems. All of them have raved about the quality of care and the low cost.
In countries with single payer systems there is still the option for private insurance for those who can afford it. But the public option is so good that almost nobody uses the private option.
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This. There is truth in the above statement.