Doug Webbdouginamug@mastodon.xyz
Nov 7, 2026, 4:32 PMReplies
Nov 7, 2026, 4:44 PM@douginamug @ibwatson basically, yes.
And additionally, that the higher wages and lower taxes in America (more than) make up for the cost of insurance.
I get the impression that a lot of Europeans believe they just have healthcare better than Americans, but for most Americans this doesn't seem to be true financially.
A higher percentage of Europeans likely receive quality healthcare than a higher percentage of Americans, but most Europeans don't have it better than most Americans.
Those are two very different things, and the latter fact is why most Americans don't appear to really care about this problem.
Nov 7, 2026, 5:47 PM@jonah @douginamug @ibwatson
American doctors seem to test more thoroughly and are much more inquisitive than European doctors who always seen feel they have to minimize the financial cost as well as take care of the patient. And here in the Netherlands, many specialist aren't really interested in patient outcomed, if a few standard tests do not show anything, it is back home and take care of yourself. No critical thinking or an out of the box approach and a slight disdain for patients.
So how to get the American quality in a European system?