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Re:Watsi launches universal health coverage, funded by YC Re... by DanBC on Monday September 04, 2017 @05:05AM (#15166786)
A point about under funding: the US government ( not including private insurance) pays more for health care than the UK government.
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Re:Watsi launches universal health coverage, funded by YC Re... by travmatt on Monday September 04, 2017 @07:26AM (#15167401)
It's not particularly surprising that a country several times larger than another pays more money for health care. Are you saying the per capita cost is higher?
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Re:Watsi launches universal health coverage, funded by YC Re... by tchaffee on Monday September 04, 2017 @07:43AM (#15167493)
Per capita medical costs in the US are double that of most Western countries. Both private and public.

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/health-costs-how-the-us-...

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Re:Watsi launches universal health coverage, funded by YC Re... by travmatt on Monday September 04, 2017 @10:17AM (#15168339)
This would seem a good statistic to cite when trying to show the comparative inefficiency of the American system.
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