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Originally Posted by Arles
It much easier to have a great health care system when your country's population is 37 million (Canada) or 17 million (Netherlands). The US has a population of 329 million. The only real comparable countries are China and India. The US ranks 37th in WHO ratings, while China (144) and India (112) are both sub 100. It is nearly impossible to have high health care quality with 300 million people. Yet, the US does. It is very expensive because of our population, lifestyle (fast food and little exercise) and expectation of services/coverage. No system will solve those issues. A single payer just increases the coverage total by a small amount while increasing the cost to individuals and decreasing the quality of coverage. To me, a smarter way would be to focus on find a more affordable way to cover the 12% of uninsured people - not drastically increase the cost (and decrease service) for the 88% currently covered.
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We pay significantly more for drugs, hospital visits, procedures. surgeries, etc. How does that have anything to do with population size?