[twelve40]

Cuba is definitely an outlier specifically for that among developing countries and therefore not a great comparison.

I hate the US healthcare experience and try to avoid it, but somehow after all the craziness you hear about half the country uninsured and $500k medical bills, the life expectancy numbers are actually not that terrible. I'm not sure why.

[nradov]

Anyone who has medical insurance regulated under the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) will not receive a $500k bill. The individual out-of-pocket maximum is only $9k.

https://www.healthcare.gov/glossary/out-of-pocket-maximum-li...

[rnk]

what about the dodge where when you to an emergency room, there are multiple providers who bill separately (doc x was not on the emergency room bill, he's some other provider).