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Originally Posted by GreyWolf
It's worth noting that tho we many moan about costs in universal healthcare countries - it's still a lot cheaper per person for taxation in healthcare than it is in the US. Bets on - if the US provided a universal healthcare option - the overall current costs would sink over a few years when the preventative medicine element kicks in.
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I think someone said it here that the total cost of health care in Canada (what we pay in taxes) is overall more than what it would cost a US citizen to pay cash for his treatment. I don't know whether this were true or not, but I think it's not even so much a matter of how much it's going to cost you over the priod of years - it's more of a matter of not being rejected when you go to the hospital, or being told that this is not covered by the type of insurance you've been paying for, etc. It's a peace of mind, more than anything, that should a situation arise, I will be taken care of. And I think this is what many people in the US fear (maybe not those who are well off, but anyway) when they complain about their health care system.