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Hello, Canadians of Lemmy! Down in the USA there is a lot of conflicting information regarding the efficacy of y'alls healthcare systems. Without revealing my personal bias, I was hoping for some anecdotes or summaries from those whom actually live there.

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[โ€“] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The difference is about 50$ to 50 000$, so more like 100 000% more.

[โ€“] SeaJ@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I was more talking about how what percentage of each country's GDP goes towards healthcare. The US, despite having fewer regulations and supposedly being a more efficient private solution, spends 19% of its GDP on healthcare compared to 12% in Canada. Somehow Republicans are under the delusion that less regulation and more privatization will make it cheaper in the US despite healthcare companies fully admitting that the opposite is true.