Depends on the insurance. I’ve gotten multiple x-rays and been to the hospital a couple of times for sprains. Only paid like 50 bucks for that visit. Wisdom teeth cost nothing for me
don't like... 38% of insured americans put off healthcare due to cost? that's not an insignificant portion of people willing to let things get worse to avoid dealing with their insurance :/
It's not an insignificant portion, but the point is a lot of people do have it
You were asking "what is the difference between bad and so expensive people refuse to use it?". But like the majority of the population does use the healthcare, and the quality of that healthcare is really good
The majority of Americans actually generally satisfied with their health coverage after all. Like a lot of problems in this country, healthcare outcomes are a problem of inequality. If you are middle or upper class, you will probably have fairly high quality healthcare. The lower middle and working class are just sorta fucked though
Id say that a healthcare system that is only accessed by upper middle class and above is a bad healthcare system. Not to mention upper middle and middle class do not exist, its working class and elite class now.
So vast majority has access to fast and good healthcare? Huh almost like it was exactly my point.
Listen I'm not saying US healthcare isn't crazy expensive or that it's a good system. But many countries (mine included) have "free"(more taxes) healthcare that is basically unusable most of the time due to the wait and incompetence. And if there is smth difficult to be done ppl here have to fundraise money to go to US. So dont tell me US healthcare is bad
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American healthcare is bad because the absurd cost completely neutralizes any advantage the quality could possibly get you in terms of overall health outcomes. Practically dead last in overall healthcare metrics for developed countries. I’d sooner praise North Korea for their fantastic nutrition (it’s very good once you exclude the icky poors and only count the elites)
EDIT: wow, people are hammering that downvote button, lol.
Look, I'm not American, but I don't like the US, so I might be biased. I've seen videos of people escaping from ambulances to avoid paying 1000s of dollars just for a ride to the hospital. Now correct me if I'm wrong, I doubt a US ambulance is better than other ambulances from around the world. Saying that it's just expensive doesn't cut it.
I also know that insurance companies refuse a lot of legitimate cases, so it's not just cost, there are systemic problems here.
Tho tbf, they also try to find excuses to pinball you between half a dozen specialists and call you the closest thing they legally can to hysterical if you hurt their nerd ego by already have a name for whatever you’re experiencing for whatever reason.
Urgent and emergency care is still top notch tho 👌
It’s good. I wouldn’t say “really good” unless you’re willing to enter lifelong debt for it.
It basically puts you on par with a few fairly successful medical systems across the world ( it the best, but certainly fairly high), but you have to pay way more for it, and the really good stuff is out of reach for 90% of the population.
The majority support it and are complicit. IDF service is mandatory for many. The system is set up so that Palestinian suffering is a foundational element of their society, so the only way for an Israeli to not be complicit is to leave
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