[xyzzyz]

I will only say that I come from one of those Eastern European countries with low per capita medical spend and pretty good health outcomes, and comparing the actual quality of received healthcare, and ignoring the cost differential, I’d pick American hospitals over those in the country I grew up in every single time, no exceptions.

[disabled]

Yeah, your writing sounds eastern European, if you know what I mean (no offense).

You’re right about the American hospital, generally and for now. They have better resources, equipment, and are cleaner, among many other things. You have more rights in an American hospital (no bribe expected).

But, a country like the United States could learn from a country like Croatia and make the best out of its resources. The US could spend the same on healthcare without taking away resources from the general American populace (minus oligarchs) and allow people to be so much more healthier.

[xyzzyz]

I totally agree. Healthcare in US has a lot of problems, but the standards of care is not one of them. This means that comparing US healthcare based on outcomes does not always make sense. For example, mothers in postpartum overdosing on recreational drugs is simply not something that ever happens in Poland.

The fundamental problem is that a lot of Americans lead very unhealthy lifestyles, and this is reflected in the outcomes and the medical spend, despite world class medical care doing its best.