re: #360 garhighway

Doesn’t “spending a third of what we do” imply that their health care is more affordable than ours?

sorry, i’m being flippant…sorta posting lightly and watching basketball at the same time. i’ll focus for a sec.

IIRC, in the OECD the five countries with the least govt-to-private spending ratio (excluding the US) and the five countries with the most govt-to-private spending have a nearly identical cost as a % of GDP.

Govt involvement is not the missing link between better outcomes per dollar and where we are today.

I certainly agree that we spend way too much. Reform is necessary, but not necessarily synonymous with govt takeover.

Sorry if i was unnecessarily snarky.