Healthcare in the United States

[mmaestro]

Listening to the KUNM call in show right now, and it's on healthcare. I think, when you start hearing doctors talking about the US system, you realise just how badly broken it is. ER units that are nearly bankrupt because nearly half of those who go are never able to pay their bills, the fact that here in New Mexico, it costs every family with

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[shanlon]

The US spends more per head of population on healthcare than almost any other nation in the world

[itchyfidget]

Interesting, thanks :)

[mmaestro]

A stat I've heard from a number of different sources is that amongst the industrialised nations (and therefore, effectively, the world), the US healthcare system is in 33rd place. Given that they have the highest healthcare spend per person on the planet, that's pretty damning