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Re:U.S. Life Expectancy Drops for Third Year in a Row (2018) by mrtksn on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @12:39PM (#20345977)
>In the EU it’s closer to 50% (or less) It’s much more expensive in the EU just not all at one time

Not really, procedures and the drugs themselves are much cheaper as they are usually negotiated on a national level. Personnel salaries are also not that high. If everything is cheaper you cannot argue that the total cost is higher.

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Re:U.S. Life Expectancy Drops for Third Year in a Row (2018) by lettergram on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @12:55PM (#20346154)
The personal salaries is really messed up because of they are barely graduating more doctors now than the 90’s that’s an intentional inflation of salaries.
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