> ....which would explain why every first world country uses it except the US?
Which is why almost every country outside of the US has a lower standard of care than we do. I'd be fine if we had a "minimum safety net" which covered catastrophic care, but thats not what was put into law. I also think a government mandated requirement to purchase a commercial product is probably not a good thing.
> Which is why almost every country outside of the US has a lower standard of care than we do.
You just like to make up shit I see. Every country that provides public healthcare has a higher standard of care than we do because for 10's of millions of American's there is no care at all beyond emergency care. People die daily for lack of health care in this country, to call that a higher standard than countries with public healthcare is beyond absurd. Our system has a fantastic standard of care for those with money, it has shit for care for the rest.
> Which is why almost every country outside of the US has a lower standard of care than we do.
Uh, where do you get that from? The JAMA study, one of the most comprehensive such studies done, concluded that the US health care outcomes are far worse than comparable nations, yet we pay significantly more for it.
The biggest reason we pay more is that provider costs are much higher than the GDP-adjusted average. $500,000,000,000 more. (And before you say it, that's factoring out defensive medicine and the results of tort reform.) A lot of that has to do with insurance companies inability to negotiate reasonable rates with the providers. And of all the insurers in the US, which is the only one that can and does negotiate reasonable rates? Medicare.
I think many/most would disagree with your contention that other countries have a lower standard of care. It's particularly annoying that your so matter of fact about it.
Which is why almost every country outside of the US has a lower standard of care than we do. I'd be fine if we had a "minimum safety net" which covered catastrophic care, but thats not what was put into law. I also think a government mandated requirement to purchase a commercial product is probably not a good thing.