Rab said:
You're not wrong in saying many do travel to the US for serious illnesses, the US at the highest level can supply some of the best care, but what really helps the UHC system is the cheaper preventative care option due to people generally in UHC systems visiting their Dr's far more regularly because it's cheaper to do so, this has the knock on effect of people being less seriously sick later on, not needing these expensive later options when health issues get serious because it was left too late Basically in a nutshell if your on a UHC you will visit the Dr more because it's cheap and preventing many of your illness getting more serious leading to less people needing the expensive options later In the current US system, people hold off from visiting their Dr due to higher costs until the illness is more serious, this stimulates spending and research into areas of late/serious health issues, but overall results are lower in health outcomes and life expectancy as seen in World data where the US does poorly in overall health outcomes
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hm, never looked at it that way. Makes sense. Can we still have private healthcare options like we do now at the highest level if we have a public option? For people that want fast care/no wait times or just can afford top level care for a serious illness?
