More Obamacare fuckups

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Not all of it, but it is definitely one of the problems. Hospitals being inefficient is another reason, and of course, overpricing. You seem to think your chart proves something though, when it doesn't prove anything other then we spend more.

Riiiight.

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Completely.

So what do you get out of that chart? No matter how much money we spend Americans are doomed to less longevity? Even though we spend more on healthcare for them?

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I get out of that chart that we pay stupid high prices for medical services because there is no competition in the healthcare industry. Singapore is a good comparison for us, as they have a very similar healthcare system...except that hospitals compete with each other. Surgeries that cost 20 grand over here cost 5 over there, and the technology/longevity/infant mortality/etc etc etc is all about the same.

[Jeril]

I get out of that chart that we pay stupid high prices for medical services because there is no competition in the healthcare industry. Singapore is a good comparison for us, as they have a very similar healthcare system...except that hospitals compete with each other. Surgeries that cost 20 grand over here cost 5 over there, and the technology/longevity/infant mortality/etc etc etc is all about the same.

You mean letting the insurance companies determine where we spend our money is a bad thing?

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Do I understand you guys? You look at that chart and think to yourself "well, everyone else is dumber than us!"?

[Jeril]

Do I understand you guys? You look at that chart and think to yourself "well, everyone else is dumber than us!"?

I highly doubt we are the first people to look at that chart and think those same things. I am sure a large number of people who have looked at it wonder about the whys behind those numbers.

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I highly doubt we are the first people to look at that chart and think those same things. I am sure a large number of people who have looked at it wonder about the whys behind those numbers.

So, basically, when you are presented with facts, you prefer to believe in fiction.

[Jeril]

So, basically, when you are presented with facts, you prefer to believe in fiction.

Which parts are fiction?

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[Jeril]

Is it really that difficult to answer a simple question? You could say all of it, or parts of it, or none of it. I am pretty sure that much of the English language isn't beyond you.