How the U.K. Became One of the Poorest Countries in Western Europe

Re:How the U.K. Became One of the Poorest Countries in Weste... by hollerith on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @07:29PM (#33337631)

GDP and income per capita figures do include health care and other services provided by the government.

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Re:How the U.K. Became One of the Poorest Countries in Weste... by stevenwoo on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @11:35AM (#33345327)

You are right but there's a thing where if one has to worry about the affordability of healthcare one avoids seeing medical expertise at all for fear of crushing cost or debt. That probably isn't put into the normal economic measures though may be reflected in maternal outcomes or lifespan trends per income. A long wait as some complain about in Canada or the UK national healthcare seems like a luxury to many in the USA.

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