If socialized medicine is "too expensive", why do nations that have it spend so much less of their GDP on healthcare? http://tinyurl.com/37zooql
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Replying to @ChaseMadar
@ChMadar why is one ambulance ride with the Berlin firefighters < 400 € while one with the FDNY > 1100 $ ?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @vonneudeck
@vonneudeck Because you poor unfortunate Germans are deprived of our "free market" system! Don't worry, you're in my prayers.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @ChaseMadar
@ChMadar No jokes, why does the one cost so much more? What makes it so expensive in NYC and so cheap in Berlin. Is it garages-rents?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @vonneudeck
@vonneudeck I think you'll find NYC ambulance & healthcare costs only somewhat higher than in small towns w/ low rents…2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @ChaseMadar
@vonneudeck …and even in a US small town w/ low overhead costs, an ambulance trip is going to cost more than in Hamburg or München.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @ChaseMadar
@vonneudeck Also, pharmaceuticals much more expensive in US than in Germany b/c our govt & insurance co.s do not use their monoposonic…1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@vonneudeck …haggling power in the market. And our IP law is grotesquely favorable to the shareholders of Big Pharma.
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