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To: Gemlaoshi who wrote (147840)4/16/2019 11:23:11 PM
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VA healthcare is barely existent because the citizens of the US don't really want to pay for the healthcare required by former soldiers. Many veterans returning from war are the dreaded heavy utilizers of healthcare with needs far greater than the average man on the street.

Likewise many Republicans say we need to start targeting Medicare's heavy utilizers - those older Americans who've been careless enough to become injured or develop a costly disease like cancer.

Republicans say we could achieve huge savings if we simply cap the access these heavy utilizers have to healthcare. Many seem to become addicted to chemotherapy and can't get enough at taxpayer expense. The NET program will teach patients that Not Every Tumor need to be treated.
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Australia has better healthcare than the US or UK. Everyone is covered by Medicare and 18% of the population buy insurance for a couple of thousand a year which provides extra's like seeing your Doctor in a posh private office.

But with or without the private supplement, care is better in Australia. What explains this great mystery?
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Australia spends 10.3% of GDP on healthcare because Australians want excellent healthcare. Often you get what you pay for.

In contrast, the UK spends just 7.7% of GDP on universal Medicare and the difference is discernible.

What's sad is the US spends far more than Australia and still doesn't have care equal to that of Australia, especially for most, because at least one third of what is paid out doesn't go toward actual healthcare . . .

If you're lucky you get what you pay for. Australians pay more than those in the UK do and they get more. In the US the reverse is true and we pay for far more than we get.

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