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
% of GDP spent on healthcare: Australia: 9.1% Canada: 10.9% France: 11.7% Germany: 11.3% U.K.: 9.4% All of above: universal care U.S.: 17.9%
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Replying to @ChaseMadar
Taking a machete to US healthcare costs and universalizing coverage are perfectly compatible goals. Problem is more political than economic.
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Replying to @ChaseMadar
@ChMadar enormous percentage of those costs are facilities (hospital) and nursing care. Universalizing only inc and shifts $ to taxes1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
Replying to @ThePursuit7
@ThePursuit7 but taxes are a cost tabulated by the World Bank in measuring the total costs of Germany, Australia, Canada's healthcare.
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