Comment by bumby

You’re right of course, but even this comparison gives an incomplete picture. An example is that many other countries can institute drug price caps because the US does not. It’s not unlike how NATO countries can historically pay less into defense because the US pays so much. There’s an argument those are essentially subsidizing lower costs abroad.

That’s not to say the US healthcare system isn’t in need of massive reform, just that it’s a much more complicated problem than many realize.