[quote=danielwis][quote=ocrenter]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.[/quote]
No cognitive dissonance here whatsoever….[/quote]
There’s one key difference though. Taiwan’s government is in the surplus…We’re not. If we demand public spending in one area, then we pretty much need to figure out where the money is coming from…
