Socialized Health Care in the USA

[Concillian]

It certainly isn't efficient. If it was, you'd either have far cheaper care, given how mediocre the US' health stats are, or far better outcomes, given how ludicrously much you spend on health care.

-Jester

I don't think all the cost can be associated with the insurance system... Drugs are a very large slice of the total healthcare cost pie, and prescriptions cost more in the US than anywhere else, likely due to the strictest regulations of anywhere else. Nobody ever goes back and removes red tape that isn't needed anymore, and the US has regulated themselves into a corner in the event of a recession. It's not just a healthcare thing with that, it's EPA / CARB regulations, other permitting and enviromental impact processes, etc...