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Re:Hospital prices are about to go public in the U.S. by DanBC on Thursday December 27, 2018 @06:11AM (#18768838)
> as well as the quality of care, you’d expect the cost of healthcare in the US to be higher

If the quality of care is so amazing I'd expect Americans to have longer life expectancy, and they don't.

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Re:Hospital prices are about to go public in the U.S. by eitally on Thursday December 27, 2018 @07:55AM (#18769172)
As a parent poster noted, the system is optimized to provide amazing care for the people who can afford it ... and those people do have longer life expectancy.

https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/1/9/16860994/lif...

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