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Is there any other developed nation where you pay $300 a month for health insurance and it doesn't cover you for the first $10,000 of expenses?



I believe the point was undoing the US-normative "we", rather than questioning the location of the speaker.


Have anything beyond hyperbole?

The highest healthcare costs per capita:

US $8,713 Switzerland $6,325 Norway $5,862 Netherlands $5,131 Sweden $4,904

Expensive yes, but not extreme compared to some of the other richest European countries.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2015/11/14/24-7...


Are you replying to the correct comment, or do Switzerland, Norway, the Netherlands and Sweden offer $300 per month insurance that doesn't cover the first $10,000?

edit: and anyway, your link vehemently disagrees with you on "extreme."

"While higher health care spending generally leads to better health outcomes, this is famously not the case in the United States. The country, which is one of the world's wealthiest, spends by far the most on health care. The United States spends around $8,700 per capita each year on health care, more than double the OECD average and well more than second place Switzerland.

"Despite the high spending, Americans are not anywhere near the world's healthiest. More than 35% of Americans are obese, one of the highest rate in the world, and exceptionally high compared with other countries spending the most on health. The United States is also the only top 10 country for health spending where the life expectancy does not exceed 80 years. Also, perhaps as a consequence of poor economic and social factors as well as the inefficient spending, adverse health outcomes such as infant mortality have increased in the United States. While in 2000, the incidence of infant mortality in the United States was lower than the OECD average, today it is higher."


> Have anything beyond hyperbole?

Out of all of the countries you listed as expensive, only the U.S. has a system where you can pay thousands a year in premiums and yet still get zero coverage for your first 10k in medical expenses.

It's not hyperbole. It's simply just a fact. Other countries might also have high healthcare costs per capita, but at least they get what they pay for, and at least you don't end up bankrupt due to unforeseen medical emergencies.




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