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0 pointsgalacticpony9y ago0 comments

I called your comparison of the two countries absurd. It's not obvious that you're Swiss, it's obvious that you're out of touch and it's common for Americans to make some simplistic argument, pointing at fringe countries like Norway or Switzerland as an example.

You point at some facts that happen to be similar (when adjusted) for the US and Switzerland, but it's rather arbitrary. What the hell does gun ownership have to do with healthcare? And of course, like most industrialized countries, there are "lots of cars"...

The absolute difference in wealth doesn't affect just medical equipment, it affects practically everything besides labor. One of the reasons why labor is so expensive is the high taxes (VAT etc). When the government subsidizes that expensive labor, it'll get a big part right back.

You also edited your post to agree more with mine (i.e. Obamacare), when the original point was more like "private insurance can work look at Switzerland!".

Yes, it can work, if you're wealthy Switzerland and you regulate the fuck out of everything. Touche...

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m_mueller9y ago

btw. I never edited in Obamacare, it was in there from start. The US has enormous wealth, with a purchase power per capita almost as high as an average Swiss, times 300 million. I think Americans should stop making excuses. I don't see what's wrong with comparing anything internationally - you have 150 experiments with different parameters, there's no reason not to use that knowledge if you want to figure out on how to improve or what not to do.

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