US vs European Healthcare

Discussions center on comparing the US healthcare system to those in Europe, Canada, and other countries, debating aspects like quality, costs, life expectancy, and outcomes.

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madhadron • Jun 18, 2017 • View on HN

That's because the US doesn't have world class healthcare either.

paulhauggis • Jun 15, 2015 • View on HN

but they have healthcare that is better than the US amirite?

imafish • Jun 28, 2022 • View on HN

Statistically, European healthcare seems to be doing fine compared to e.g. the US [0][0]: https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collection/quality...

kp98 • Jan 14, 2020 • View on HN

Because America has some of the best healthcare outcomes in the worldhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_quality_o...

mnau • Jan 27, 2025 • View on HN

Please pick any semi-advanced economy other than USA when talking about healthcare. USA is well known for its corrupt healthcare system. You are picking the worst of the worst as an example.

jacquesm • Mar 29, 2018 • View on HN

The US is about as bad as it gets when it comes to healthcare. Good examples for healthcare run in a way that it does not break the bank and provides a high level of care are Canada and France, other Western European countries to greater or lesser degree depending on how much privatization has been going on.

arethuza • Nov 6, 2020 • View on HN

I think it's fair to say that the US has the very best healthcare available - but not for everyone and overall healthcare outcomes aren't that great when compared with a lot of other countrieshttps://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2...

Bud • Apr 4, 2022 • View on HN

Sure. The US pays far more than other first-world countries for health care and gets much worse health outcomes out of it. This is very well documented.https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/fund-reports

jacquesm • Apr 1, 2018 • View on HN

Can you explain the healthcare differences? From what I know it is pretty bad all over the USA compared to say France or Germany.

TheRoque • Jun 26, 2024 • View on HN

Maybe, just maybe, sometimes a free market is not the solution ? The US people have the lowest life expectancy and the most money spent amongst rich countries [1]. I am not 100% sure, but it seems to me that all the other rich countries have a more government-controlled healthcare ?[1]: https: