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Originally Posted by I wanna be like Miikka
People in Canada shouldn't feel that great anyways. The US has the worst healthcare out of developed countries, with Canada following as the 2nd worst. In no other developed country do you have to wait 2 years for certain appointments or surgical procedures.
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Second worst based on what link? I assume you are citing a study, not your own opinion.
I don't necessarily think the problem is with Canada's SYSTEM, but rather the implementation. There has been a lot of talk this week that health care is 13% of the U.S. economy. It's 10% here. That's still a huge number.
Hospitals, including maintenance costs, are $42.4 billion per year.
Drug costs are $24.8 billion per year.
Doctors cost $18.2 billion per year.
Nursing homes and other long-term care facilities are $13.3 billion per year.
With other expenses, we get up to $142 billion per year. Our per capita spending on health care is $4,400. There are many other countries with single-payer systems that pay much less than that for better service.