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Old 04-08-2014, 01:43 AM  
AmeliaG
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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 becomes more complicated when - like in the US - you let "insurance" companies, big pharma and lobbyists run wild

despite of all problems they still have with it: Germany has a pretty good system with a mix of government regulated (and mandatory) healthcare insurance (which are not allowed to make profits - gasp!) plus private insurance companies for those that qualify for them

and no one will say that you get bad healthcare in Germany (just watch Dr. House, they use Siemens Medical MRTs ).

And when you can do it for 80 million people, you can do it for 300 million too - once again: basic math

I think you hit the nail on the head here. It is a failure of the US public school system that so few Americans can do basic math that the American insurance industry makes out like bandits exploited that inability to do basic math.
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