• Liz@midwest.social
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    9 months ago

    Waiting lists are long over here in the US too, depending on the specialty and region. We’re simply overpaying for the same quality healthcare while still failing to get 100% coverage.

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      9 months ago

      This is incorrect.

      We are overpaying for lower quality healthcare.

      We have worse outcomes than countries with free healthcare.

      As my father used to say “it may be bad, but it’s expensive.”

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        9 months ago

        I’m a 30 year old who’s been waiting 14 months for a doctors visit to establish a primary care physician in the US.

        I paid for a whole year of employer provided healthcare that I couldn’t even use the most basic function of. This system is great

      • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
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        9 months ago

        As my father used to say “it may be bad, but it’s expensive.”

        “You can find better quality but you can’t pay more”. Is the phrasing I heard.

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        9 months ago

        I’d have to look at the most recent numbers, but the usual addage is that rich countries (US included) all have roughly the same overall quality of care, but they each have areas they’re particularly good or bad in. We’re particularly bad at maternal and neonatal care, but we’re quite good at cancer. It’s been a while since I’ve dived into the numbers, though.

    • SkepticalButOpenMinded@lemmy.ca
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      9 months ago

      Yes the exception is places like Massachusetts, which has some of the best quality healthcare in the world. But, you guessed it, they have a universal healthcare system similar to Germany.