a relative showed me a hospital bill from Taiwan recently. he just had ear related surgery, was in the hospital for 3 days. everything added up was $3000. he himself had a $300 co-pay.

US per capita gdp is $45k. Taiwan is $30k.

So adjusted for US per capita GDP, logically, the same surgery and 3 day stay should logically be $4500 here.

but it probably would run $15k to $20k here realistically.

not that I’m for government interference and I am a Republican, but the main difference here is Taiwan has a single payer system.