Why is healthcare so expensive in the United States compared to other developed countries?

Question

I never understood this because other countries have free healthcare and we don’t! We get sick and it’s expensive to even pay for anything!

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Answer 1

Nobody has free healthcare, it’s just paid for with taxes. I lived the first half of my life in a single payer country, and believe me when I say it’s just as inefficient (maybe more so in some ways) than a multi payer system. If you have employer-sponsored healthcare in the U.S., you have better healthcare for a lower individual cost than anyone else in the world (for instance, my plan is $2,000 maximum out of pocket per year and $200/month premiums – my work pays like $1,200/month for it). But if you don’t have an employer plan, you’re pretty fucked.