Comment by stackskipton
17 hours ago
In that link, government/compulsory for the United States seems to indicate times when an insurance company covered it. Voluntary/Out of Pocket is when insurance company wasn't required to cover and did or person paid out of pocket.
Even if it's US Government only per capita with people the government insures, it makes sense it would be so high because only people on government insurance are the poor/disabled AND old. Two groups that have extremely high utilization.
That interpretation would require me to believe that a Canadian pays, on average, only 12% less out of pocket than an American. $2483/yr vs $2186/yr.