Not us in the US.. Or not by much.
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The Canadians spend an average of $1932 dollars out of pocket. We spend about $2600. Most of the burden in Canada falls on the poor and seniors in the form of out of pocket costs for meds.
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Moreover, according the Peterson Institute for International Economics, our out of pocket costs have been dropping... despite all the propaganda flowing these days ...
Household out-of-pocket healthcare expenditures, percent of total, 2006
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"Empirically, the share of total healthcare expenses that Americans pay out-of-pocket is lower than in the vast majority of European and other OECD countries for which recent comparable data are available. Americans are therefore generally more likely to ask someone else to pay for their health care than people in other OECD countries. In reality America’s healthcare system is already more “socialized” than in most European and other developed countries.
Certainly, it is the case that Americans pay a higher absolute dollar amount in out-of-pocket expenses than almost anywhere else in the OECD (only Switzerland is higher). Yet that is solely because health care in America is so much more expensive than anywhere else and demonstratively not due to Americans being relatively more exposed to the “true costs of healthcare” than people elsewhere, let alone in countries practicing so-called “socialized medicine.”
The simple fact remains that Americans are relatively less exposed to market forces and “the price mechanism” in health care than most people elsewhere, which is certain to be one more reason why Americans end up having to pay so much more for their healthcare."
Click Here to View Annual Canadian Expeditures
The Canadians spend an average of $1932 dollars out of pocket. We spend about $2600. Most of the burden in Canada falls on the poor and seniors in the form of out of pocket costs for meds.
Click Here to View Annual U.S. Expenditures
Moreover, according the Peterson Institute for International Economics, our out of pocket costs have been dropping... despite all the propaganda flowing these days ...
Household out-of-pocket healthcare expenditures, percent of total, 2006
Click Here to View the Full Story
"Empirically, the share of total healthcare expenses that Americans pay out-of-pocket is lower than in the vast majority of European and other OECD countries for which recent comparable data are available. Americans are therefore generally more likely to ask someone else to pay for their health care than people in other OECD countries. In reality America’s healthcare system is already more “socialized” than in most European and other developed countries.
Certainly, it is the case that Americans pay a higher absolute dollar amount in out-of-pocket expenses than almost anywhere else in the OECD (only Switzerland is higher). Yet that is solely because health care in America is so much more expensive than anywhere else and demonstratively not due to Americans being relatively more exposed to the “true costs of healthcare” than people elsewhere, let alone in countries practicing so-called “socialized medicine.”
The simple fact remains that Americans are relatively less exposed to market forces and “the price mechanism” in health care than most people elsewhere, which is certain to be one more reason why Americans end up having to pay so much more for their healthcare."
