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Are you oblivious to the nigh-universal desireability of the US healthcare system?
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I suppose since it costs the most it must be the best?
One would think that in a universally desirable system people would not be afraid to get sick. One would think that the main reason people go bankrupt would
not be medical debt.
I don't believe that the healthcare system in the US is either the best or the worst in the world. The system in this country is fairly awful right now, but I don't know anyone who's going broke because of medical bills. You pay for hospital care if you don't have insurance, but the maximum you can pay in any one year is €750, regardless of treatment. And if you can't afford that, the government pays it. Friend of mine had a serious heart attack on Friday, two operations later and he's back at home doing fine. Not exactly a nightmare.
Other countries do it better than Ireland, though. Thinking of France/Netherlands.