Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided U.S.

Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided ... by Latty on Saturday November 07, 2020 @08:42PM (#25021977)

Here in the UK we pay literally half as much per person for healthcare for similar outcomes, and everyone gets covered with no cost at the point of use, no medical bankruptcy.

No one is talking about a free lunch, they are talking about a better, more efficient way of doing it.

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Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided ... by rtx on Sunday November 08, 2020 @01:54AM (#25023685)

Not sure if UK is having same level of medical break through as US.

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Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided ... by crooked-v on Sunday November 08, 2020 @02:16AM (#25023793)

Most medical research in the US is, at a minimum, government-subsidized already.

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Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided ... by rtx on Sunday November 08, 2020 @03:14AM (#25024054)

So the budget is going into research instead of something like NHS.

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Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided ... by freeone3000 on Sunday November 08, 2020 @03:38AM (#25024163)

No; the budget is going into insurance companies' budgets and pharma benefits budgets. There's a trillion-dollar industry that exists in the US solely to take money from people needing healthcare. That's where the money is going - look to the thing that doesn't exist elsewhere.

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