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Old 04-03-2014, 02:07 PM  
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Originally Posted by MaDalton View Post
i am not sure what that has something to do with it

you need x doctors per 1000 people, x hospitals, x nurses and so on

1 person causes on average y dollars, euros whatever healthcare expenses per year

so it is basic math to calculate the average cost for a healthcare insurance - depending on how many people pay into it

it has zero to do with the size of the country or population
It does though. Any organization and/or endeavor becomes more cumbersome, less nimble and able to adapt, and less efficient the larger it gets. Not that lobbyists & insurance/pharm industries aren't the primary culprits, and it's true that Germany manages alright with about 1/4 the population of USA. But that aside IMO it's just too big and too polarized politically & socially to resolve this shit anytime soon.
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