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>>1711649
>Or any modern developed country.
Nope. The only reason things are different in other countries is because your insurance system is different. Instead of one bad hospital per city, all your hospitals are shitty because they all serve the lowest common denominator.

The U.S. system has issues, sure. But we do have the best care in the world. I'll gladly take our flaws when it means I get to live years longer than your Eurofag ass.

>>1711651
Being poor and being hungry aren't the same thing, retard. I get hungry too, but I'm not a poorfag like you. We have NOTHING in common other than the need to eat food.

>>1711650
>Food and healthcare should be rights for tax paying citizens.
I never said otherwise. But access to healthcare doesn't mean you get to go to any hospital you want under any circumstances. It means you go to the poor people hospital and get poor people care. Don't like it? Get rich.

>>1596120
>>mfw USA spends ~16.5% of GDP on healthcare while countries with """free""" healthcare spend around 10%
Our healthcare is a *lot* better than yours.

I'd much rather pay a bit more and get better care, qualified doctors, and a longer lifespan. It's hard to spend those pennies you pinched when your dead.

>>1568641
>Why are healthcare costs so very high in the USA?
This is a bit of a myth. Regardless of what's printed on these invoices, you pay your deductible (if any) and insurance covers the rest. And I assure you that the insurance company only pays a fraction of what's listed on the invoice -- they negotiate massive price discounts because they have leverage.

Really, the only people who face out-of-control healthcare costs are people who refuse to get insurance. Not to be political, but this is why the Affordable Care Act is fundamentally good for America. The system assume that you have insurance, and the ACA helps make sure that's true. Refuse, and you might pay the price.

It's not perfect, but America doesn't want the government running their healthcare system (which is what would happen if you repeal Obamacare and try to start over). Private insurance serves the same role that the government serves in other country's systems.

Also, and this can't be overstated, heathcare is the U.S. is the best in the world. We pay more, but we get more. Better doctors, better facilities, and better results. Personally, I'm fine paying a little extra when it actually means better care.

>>917037
>enjoy your cancer
Interesting you should say that since the U.S. has the highest cancer survivorship rates in the world.

>rekt

>>917037
>>917038
Meh, fuck off. This is a finance board. If you want to argue that your shitty country is better than the U.S., then head to >>>/pol/ or >>>/int/.

I'll just leave this here for you NHS shills.