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Really? My son hurt his knee on the job, workman's comp paid for him to get an MRI and a pretty detailed workup from the orthopedist, a brace that the orthopedist told him not to wear, etc. The advice in the end was "rest" and "return to activities gradually".

My insurance pays for a colonoscopy every 5-10 years, telehealth therapy appointments with no copay, free vaccinations, really a lot of stuff.



> My insurance pays for a colonoscopy every 5-10 years, telehealth therapy appointments with no copay, free vaccinations, really a lot of stuff.

No, you pay for those. Via your premiums.

(Which your employer may pay a significant part of. That's ultimately lost salary to you; it isn't out of charity on their part either.)

My family health insurance costs $3k/month. Going up ~10% next month, too.


I'm not going to disagree that its expensive but I'm not going to say that it is low quantity or low quality.

If the US does worse on population health statistics than other countries do it is not the fault of our healthcare system but rather the fault of social determinants of health such as social disconnection, inequality, etc.


> I'm not going to say that it is low quantity or low quality.

That's OK, we have stats for that. https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/fund-reports/2...

> If the US does worse on population health statistics than other countries do it is not the fault of our healthcare system but rather the fault of social determinants of health such as social disconnection, inequality, etc.

Other countries have these things, too.




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