[usr1106]

The EU has no common health system at all. Calculating any kind of averages makes little sense. Within some countries I am personally familiar with there are significant differences in availability of health services between certain areas, rural vs urban, but also regionally. Legally the systems should be rather uniform within a country though. Many countries have a split between publicly financed and privately paid services. It's probably expected that privately paid services are used less in poorer regions.

With the US I am not really familiar. I'd expect commercially and legally it works the same over the whole country. In practice many services won't be offered somewhere in rural areals compared to metropolitan areas. So if you are unable to travel no treatment. And of course if you aren't well off, no expensive treatment.

[ImJamal]

The US has no common health system. There are a few systems that are common (Medicare) but that is only for the elderly. The rest of the system is all done on the state level. The rules vary amongst all the states.

[usr1106]

> the rest of the system is all done on the state level

Ok. Didn't know that. But you are talking about public services aren't you? I would assume a rather small fraction of the huge US health expenses are publicly financed. The bigger part is completely private businesses, both service production and insurances for those who have one.

That's the opposite in most EU countries and UK. A large fraction is either produced publicly or if produced privately then paid for by a publicly organized health insurance.

[ImJamal]

I don't know the percentage so I don't know if it is a small fraction. The basic setup is:

Medicare - federal program for seniors

Medicaid - state program for poor people (there may be some sort of funding by the federal government, but it is run by the states)

Private insurance - this is paid by the individual and/or the company they work for

The laws/regulations regarding what is and isn't allowed with the private insurance is handled mostly by the states, not the federal government. The federal government has pushed for various rules (ACA/Obamacare) but there is a debate about the constitutionality of the federal government getting involved.

There are also specific programs within the governmental systems that focus on children (Insure Kids Now) and provide dental not just medical.

Within Medicare there are additional (supplemental) coverages that provides better benefits called Medigap.

I'm sure there are more programs than just Medicare and Medicaid, but those are the largest ones.