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Re:Congress is set to ban most surprise medical bills by ecf on Monday December 21, 2020 @12:09PM (#25496880)
The only statistic you need to know to justify America being a shitty country with even shittier healthcare is that it is only one of two countries in the entire world that allow pharma companies to directly advertise to consumers.
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Re:Congress is set to ban most surprise medical bills by khuey on Monday December 21, 2020 @12:21PM (#25497026)
New Zealand is the other country that allows it and they seem generally satisfied with their healthcare system.
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Re:Congress is set to ban most surprise medical bills by FireBeyond on Monday December 21, 2020 @12:55PM (#25497398)
And that the other country only allowed it under pressure from the US for a trade agreement.
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