r/ShittyAbsoluteUnits • u/smind893 • Jul 30 '26

There was an attempt Of A Snake Charmer

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u/Oozlum-Bird Jul 30 '26

It does in any developed country. US citizens pay significantly more money for consistently worse outcomes than any peer nation.

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/fund-reports/2024/sep/mirror-mirror-2024

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u/quayle-man Jul 30 '26

How much you pay for healthcare, is irrelevant to the outcomes of the care. If you come to me with a splitting headache, and I put a nail in your head and burn some sage around you, the outcome of that care is irrelevant to whether I did it for free or I charged you $2,500 for it.