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Just compare access in the US to countries with regulated universal care.
Have cystic fibrosis? Good news! There are drugs that reverse the genetic defect! In the US even Medicaid patients got access back in 2014.
In Canada? Unless you live in one of 5 provinces that fund it, you don’t get it. Oh, and if you’re an adult? Nope, not a funding priority.
In the UK, they didn’t get access until 2020. Six years after the US.
Then you can look at some of the newest advances in cancer. You might need to wait 2-3 years after the US gets it.
Then look at physician salaries. Access to primary care doctors. Waiting lists for joint replacement.
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Just compare access in the US to countries with regulated universal care.
Have cystic fibrosis? Good news! There are drugs that reverse the genetic defect! In the US even Medicaid patients got access back in 2014.
In Canada? Unless you live in one of 5 provinces that fund it, you don’t get it. Oh, and if you’re an adult? Nope, not a funding priority.
In the UK, they didn’t get access until 2020. Six years after the US.
Then you can look at some of the newest advances in cancer. You might need to wait 2-3 years after the US gets it.
Then look at physician salaries. Access to primary care doctors. Waiting lists for joint replacement.