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RvdV | 4 years ago

> and defacto pushing that globally?

There is no need for a global push; prices outside the US are substantially lower already. See https://pharmanewsintel.com/news/insulin-prices-8x-higher-in...

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after_care|4 years ago

There are other benefits besides price to open source.

project2501a|4 years ago

Such as?

igorzx31|4 years ago

Taxes outside the US are far higher.

steveklabnik|4 years ago

Yet somehow, we pay more for far worse care. Funny how that works.

sschueller|4 years ago

This may be true for some places but I can tell you with certainty that they are lower in Switzerland especially for lower incomes.

Your Taxes are insane high for medium wage workers and practically non-existent for the wealthy. How is anyone ever supposed to climb the ladder like that?

burnished|4 years ago

Yeah pity those poor fools with their.. stress free access to insulin and.. never having to watch a loved one die from not being able to afford insulin. But yeah, taxes.

_xy8h|4 years ago

Yet somehow the US spends the most per person health care...

($10,623.85 per capita vs Switzerland $9,870.66 vs Norway 8,239.10)

And manages to NOT cover 30 million people...

(10+% vs Switzerland, Universal, vs Norway, Universal)

No matter how you look at it, we spend more on private insurance than anywhere else in the world and manage to cover less people with it.

On top of that, medical debts are the single largest cause of bankruptcies in the US.

(Third overall worldwide ranking for US vs 100th for Switzerland vs 118th for Norway)

And despite (oh mer ghurd socialism!) paying the most, we rank among the worst for first world countries.

(37th for United States vs 20th for Switzerland vs 11th for Norway)

TLDR: We pay more for less and get worse care overall.

If I could trade in my private insurance premiums for taxes and get better care as a result without the risk of bankruptcy, why wouldn't I? Bonus, I wouldn't lose my health insurance if I had to switch jobs. We are one of the only countries in the world that tie health care to employment, which is detrimental to everyone.

The US system is FUCKED.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/best-heal...

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/medical-b...

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/11/this-is-the-real-reason-most...

https://aspe.hhs.gov/system/files/pdf/265041/trends-in-the-u...

https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.XPD.CHEX.PC.CD