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[–] Ilovethebomb@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

American pays mores per capita for healthcare than most countries with a single payer system.

You'd actually save money if you changed.

[–] djsaskdja@reddthat.com 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I get your point, but I’m not sure if that’s true. Americans in general are very unhealthy. I think that might explain why it’s more expensive at least somewhat.

[–] 133arc585@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do you not see the chicken-or-egg situation here? They're more unhealthy because of bad healthcare. That (bad) healthcare is more expensive because they're more unhealthy.

Moreover, much of the reason the healthcare is so expensive is because of insurance overhead, for-profit middlemen (including hospitals, private equity owning doctors offices, etc), massive prescription medication markups because people can't go without medication, and other inefficiencies in the system. Even with an unhealthy population, it doesn't need to be nearly as expensive as it is.

[–] djsaskdja@reddthat.com 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I see it. It makes sense. I just don’t know if it’d initially be cheaper. I still think it’s the right thing to do, but it might take a generation for the savings to start happening.