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by ivan_gammel 1491 days ago
> firmly supports the parent posters point- Google is your friend here.

Well, you need to change your search engine, because DDG could help you finding this report:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2866602/

42% of innovations for 40% of GDP of innovating countries isn’t exactly majority. UK and few other countries are more inventive than USA in relative numbers and the rest of the world - more in absolute numbers.

On second point thanks for clarification. So, if I understood it correctly, it means that this redistribution model is inefficient, because it creates two tier insurance system, with hospitals serving as second tier insurance. This even sounds crazy.