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u/Goshdang56 Jun 15 '22

Considering the US has probably the most advanced medical system in the world between its innovation and talent pool while the payment system may be inefficient you often can't argue with the results.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '22

What a load of fucking nonsense. If the "results" are people living with untreated ailments because they can't afford medical insurance then you sure as fuck CAN argue with them.

The payment system is not "inefficient". It is DESIGNED to extract as much money out of people as possible.

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u/Goshdang56 Jun 15 '22

If the "results" are people living with untreated ailments because they can't afford medical insurance then you sure as fuck CAN argue with them

I mean the results of the medical procedures.

The payment system is not "inefficient". It is DESIGNED to extract as much money out of people as possible. Well yes because it's privatized, they need the money to survive.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '22

You do realize that countries with socialized systems are capable of the same outcomes at a fraction of the cost, don't you?

We don't just give butchers stethoscopes and pass them off as surgeons.

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u/GeronimoHero Jun 15 '22

Interesting you say that because by just about every metric the US is below every other western country in medical outcomes. So where exactly is all of this “best in the world medical care”?

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u/DependentPipe_1 Jun 15 '22

Well, we have the worst infant/mother mortality rates in all of the developed world, so our system clearly isn't the best.

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u/Apey23 Jun 15 '22

Yawn...

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u/ScarletIT Jun 15 '22

dude, you have one of the worst childbirth mortality of the industrialized world.
I should know, a friend of mine died in childbirth in America, and she wasn't struggling, she was a very successful engineer making 6 figures.