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by ekjhgkejhgk 62 days ago
> "at least we don't have death panels deciding who gets to have life-saving treatment"

They do, it's just that in the western world the death panels work for the government and optimize for "given a certain level of cost, how do we maximize lives saved", whereas in the USA the death panels work for insurance companies, and optimize for "reduce cost". The latter is a much easier job.

Maybe point your US friends to google "united healthcare denial rates" and check that it's 33%. That's the the death panel at work.