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Europe arguably has more competition in the healthcare manufacturing and labor sectors than the US.
Europe has the same pharma and device companies. Im not aware of any country that has price controls.
What Europe has is purchasing controls. If something is too expensive, the national insurance plans simply dont buy it and dont provide it.
This is what the US lacks.
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Europe arguably has more competition in the healthcare manufacturing and labor sectors than the US.
Europe has the same pharma and device companies. Im not aware of any country that has price controls.
What Europe has is purchasing controls. If something is too expensive, the national insurance plans simply dont buy it and dont provide it.
This is what the US lacks.