alt Hacker News> we have easy access to vaccines, top tier hospitals, medicine, and low wait times. It’s expensive and overpriced, and unevenly distributed, but also better in many ways than anywhere else.
Aside from being expensive, overpriced, and unevenly distributed you mean?
I'm happy with Australia, it's affordable, available to all through a hybrid scheme, mothers with new babies get regular checkups with or without private insurance, etc.
It's not perfect but it's better than anywhere else.*
* as unsubstantiated as your comment, however in this case supported by a higher national life expectancy
We subsidize much of the research, tech, and drugs that Australia benefits from so you’re welcome. I think that tide is finally turning, thankfully.
Nothing I said is unsubstantiated, maybe you don’t care to substantiate it for yourself which is fine.
Australia has plenty of issues. Wait times for surgeries, specialists, hospital choice, dental/mental health, rural coverage, and cutting edge medicine is terrible compared to US.
But their biggest issue maybe how unbelievably pretentious they are about their mediocre healthcare, it’s incredible how many I’ve ran into who blindly talk trash on the US without even knowing the basic facts. Great at barely covering everyone so they can brag, mediocre at everything else.
The whole lifespan thing has almost nothing to do with healthcare.
In terms of healthcare I’d rather be in the US, very, very strongly. We are far better for anyone working a job above minimum wage. The amount of cutting edge medicine available is incredible, and a huge percent of best doctors and hospitals in the world.