Ail said:
Viper1 said:
thx1139 said:
Rich americans, because Insurance companies dont work that way. I am picking a 100% common health care need. Friends of ours lived in Brussels for a number of years. There third child was born in Brussels. The experience was vastly different than what a US patient goes through. I have had 3 children and all 3 were cessarian births. We did not stay in the hospital more than 4 days from the time we checked in until the time we checked out. It is very common in the US for a mother and child to be out of the hospital within 2 days of giving birth. Our friends experience in Brussels was vastly different. With a normal birth the mother and child stayed in the hospital for a week. Then for another couple weeks they had a nurse come by everyday to assist. In the US that is healthcare that the rich get. Insurance companies dont work that way. They want you out as soon as possible no matter what.
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That's a fascinating anecdote and I'd love to see that kind of birthing care here but unfortunately we could swap anecdotes all day and get nowhere.
What I'm referencing is a commonly accepted and verfied understanding that the average quaity of care in the US is of a higher standard than anywhere else in the world. Might there be cases were one nation takes a segment of healthcare very seriously and outdoes the US? Certainly, but on the whole average is where these considerations come from.
But it's the costs above all that are the main issue. The quality differnces are minor enough that it's hardly worth debating about. It's the costs and the measures in place that keep them artificially high that are of concern.
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Ever been to a US hospital ?
Because his exemple is not annecdotal.
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See the bold part? That's an anecdote.
