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Comment by smelendez

14 hours ago

That’s not really true, as an American.

We spend a ton on healthcare anyway, just inefficiently and in a way that causes stress and struggles for patients.

Yeah, the administrative overhead related to just the billing system is staggering. Many hospital systems have more billing professionals than they have beds.

We spend more overall because our healthcare is bifurcated. There would be waste regardless of whether or not we socialize our healthcare completely. Look at Medicare as an example