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by notadoc 2431 days ago
>This is why, if you look where all the really rich rulers decide to go for surgery or other complicated care, it is the US.

If that were true, why would a US Senator go to Canada for surgery then?

https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/2019/01/...

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This was one case where the best hospital in the world for THAT particular procedure was in Canada - and is primarily a PRIVATE hospital.

(Though the hospital also gets some $ from the government, so I'm not quite sure what it means to be "private"...)

I think you can have both claims to be true: the vast majority of complicated procedures are best-in-class in the US, but there are some centers of excellence elsewhere as well.