Re:Graphs that show America’s health-care prices are ludicrous
by AlisdairO on Wednesday March 27, 2013 @08:58AM
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Yeah, I realise that - perhaps my response was unclear.
What I mean is, when people say "Medicare costs the US more per member of the population (covered or not) than the UK, even though it only covers 1/6th of the population" the stat is unfairly biased - because the segment of the population that medicare covers is the segment that requires by far the most healthcare.
The stat would be dramatically improved if we accounted not by percentage of the population covered, but instead by percentage of healthcare resources used.
What I mean is, when people say "Medicare costs the US more per member of the population (covered or not) than the UK, even though it only covers 1/6th of the population" the stat is unfairly biased - because the segment of the population that medicare covers is the segment that requires by far the most healthcare.
The stat would be dramatically improved if we accounted not by percentage of the population covered, but instead by percentage of healthcare resources used.