Starbucks Billionaire: You Can’t Have Healthcare Or College

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contestgamer said:

pokoko said:

I'm not sure where you got your information from but wealthy US citizens going to clinics in other countries is fairly common.  Costa Rica, for example, which was famously endorsed by Rush Limbaugh.  Some of the most prestigious hospitals in the world are in Europe and, surprisingly, southeast Asia.  

Even some US insurance companies are sending patients overseas because they can save a huge amount of money for the same surgery at the same quality.  That number keeps growing every year as the ridiculousness of the US system becomes more obvious.

 

Yeah, but again you're using the average person as your data point. They go elsewhere because they cant afford US care. Where do billionaires go? To the top US hospitals. The US system is better.

As I said, many wealthy people are choosing to go to clinics and hospitals like those in Costa Rica or Thailand.  Thailand by itself has three of the most prestigious hospitals in the world that are on par with top US hospitals.

Even if what you said was true, the US system would not be "better" because only the wealthy could afford it.  That would actually make it a terrible system.