>Dude, you've cherry-picked. The numbers say US quality is average- lower even than New Zealand that spends well under half as much, but still manages universal coverage. US cost is higher if you consider only those with access.
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>In your shoes I'd be asking why costs keep rising when you already spend too much. There's a money leak somewhere. It's not the doctors and nurses, so where is it?


Two major reasons - inelastic demand and lack of negotiation on pricing. And AHCA isn't going to help.

And no, I'm not making this up. Seriously JR, please go back and read the original matrix and the scores.