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| ▲ | rayiner 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | It’s a very sad situation, but she had an aggressive cancer that killed her in a matter of weeks. In Germany the healthcare option that would have been offered is hospice care. (Source: family friend runs a hospice facility in Germany and it’s much more common than in the U.S.) I doubt any other socialized healthcare system would have responded differently. | | |
| ▲ | TkTech an hour ago | parent [-] | | Germany most certainly covers treatment for aggressive adenocarcinoma, and it's covered at 100%. Germany is literally one of the best places in the world for all levels of oncology. This isn't just with the hope of curing someone, even when you're terminal things like palliative chemotherapy are covered which can drastically ease your suffering. |
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| ▲ | fsckboy 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | >because the richest country on Earth can't be bothered to provide for its citizens The USA spends more on healthcare per person than any other country Locations 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
USA 14,885 13,818 12,898 12,375 11,926
Switz. 9,963 9,301 9,089 8,392 7,621
Norway 9,393 8,909 8,533 7,890 7,221
Germany 9,365 8,503 8,652 8,103 7,364
Nederl. 8,436 7,615 7,517 7,317 6,516
Austria 8,401 7,697 7,700 7,465 6,295
Luxemb. 8,162 7,247 6,854 6,432 5,859
Sweden 7,871 7,364 6,977 6,617 6,069
Ireland 7,813 7,027 6,748 6,221 5,619
Belgium 7,750 7,178 6,906 6,554 6,097
Austral 7,469 7,015 6,907 6,546 5,819
France 7,354 6,848 6,701 6,395 5,874
Canada 7,301 7,046 6,876 6,906 6,209
Denmark 7,071 6,555 6,661 6,913 6,147
Iceland 6,770 6,134 5,956 5,556 5,010
UK 6,747 6,412 6,188 5,785 5,381
New Zea 6,700 6,479 6,480 5,213 4,571
Finland 6,655 6,276 5,765 5,395 4,967
Japan 5,790 5,619 5,984 5,454 4,855
Slovenia 5,527 4,556 4,353 3,894 3,756
Spain 5,346 4,927 4,744 4,405 3,996
Portugal 5,212 4,713 4,594 4,208 3,555
Italy 5,164 4,847 4,744 4,409 4,027
Czechia 5,014 4,570 4,394 4,462 4,098
Korea 4,797 4,586 4,634 4,106 3,618
Israel 4,352 3,840 3,682 3,358 3,015
Poland 4,284 3,560 3,066 2,752 2,510
Slovakia 4,021 3,280 3,126 2,922 2,449
Lithuani 3,870 3,306 3,242 3,146 3,092
Chile 3,749 3,396 3,113 2,848 2,489
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_hea... | | |
| ▲ | markus_zhang 26 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | | The resources spent is more important. Not to prove that you are wrong because I don’t know the answer too, but we should compare actual care per $. Like service and medicine and such, not just the $ amount. | |
| ▲ | brohee an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | That only because that spend is misattributed. Much of the money spent on US "healthcare" ends up wasted on admin in billings, collections and haggling with insurance co... Aka, not healthcare. I'd be very interested to see American numbers without the absolutely insane admin overhead... | |
| ▲ | TkTech 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Is this supposed to be a rebuttal? It's inability to provide for its citizens while spending the most is proof that its model for health care is an utter, abject failure. That money is going to incredible private profits, not the citizens. | | |
| ▲ | fsckboy an hour ago | parent | next [-] | | was what I was responding to supposed to be a constructive suggestion? >It's inability to provide for its citizens provide some evidence, and also the counter evidence that shows that other countries don't leave people waiting for important procedures. I don't claim to have the answers, but I will claim that you and GP for sure don't, I don't even think you are in possession of any facts. | |
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| ▲ | bdangubic 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | except of course in USA 14,884 out of 14,885 went to … not care :) |
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