Debunking Common Myths We’ve Come to Believe About American Health Care

One.

“It’s because of malpractice insurance costs and/or lawsuits…”

Actually no. It’s because everything costs more here in the US relative to those other countries who have “universal healthcare” for their country.

Two.

“Health care costs are so high in America because of ‘over-utilization’”

Overutilization is the idea that Americans go to the doctor more and get more tests, spend more time in hospitals, etc.

But still, Nope. As, we actually, not only go to hospitals less but we spend less time in them…

Three.

“Countries that have free healthcare spend more on taxes…”

Nope. Researchers are actually finding that “We actually spend more money per capita on health care than Germany, Australia, the UK, or Canada…”[4]

To be clear, we spend more in taxes on health care and in exchange don’t get free healthcare.

18% of GPD on health care costs… Australia by comparison only spends 9% of their GDP.

Remember, “the epipen guy”…?