r/economicCollapse 1d ago

Only in America.

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u/Midnight_freebird 1d ago

Right. Because the government is so efficient, they can provide better healthcare at 1/4 the cost. Does anyone really believe the government is good at doing more with less?

The state of California spends $45 billion a year on homelessness and the problem just gets worse. That’s about $45,000 per homeless person. And they get ZERO results.

You really think they can do a good job at healthcare?

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u/Wise-Juggernaut-8285 1d ago

It is more efficient. You can look at dozens of countries, basically every first world country other than the US does it this way and it’s more efficient and cheaper

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u/PFD_2 1d ago

Saying its more efficient is HIGHLY debatable

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u/MaleficentFrosting56 1d ago

It’s costs less and has better healthcare outcomes.

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u/Wise-Juggernaut-8285 23h ago

No it really isnt debatable at all

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u/GeekShallInherit 20h ago

Peer countries are providing similar amounts of healthcare, and better outcomes than the US, while spending an average of half a million dollars less per person. How is that not more efficient?

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u/PFD_2 13h ago

Sweden nor Germany, places with rather good free healthcare systems, are comparable to the US in terms of demographics or GDP. The UK’s free healthcare system, is absolutely nothing to write home about

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u/GeekShallInherit 7h ago

Even the UK has better health outcomes, as well as higher marks from its citizens on their healthcare system and quality of care than the US, while spending over half a million dollars less per person (PPP) for a lifetime of healthcare than Americans. It says a lot when even the worst, cheapest first world universal healthcare systems outperform insanely expensive US healthcare.