Posted: Oct 02, 2017 10:34 pm
Sendraks wrote:Healthcare costs unsustainable in OECD countries without reform.
http://www.oecd.org/health/healthcarecostsunsustainableinadvancedeconomieswithoutreform.htm
Nothing in there about the NHS being ultimately unsustainable.
Well, that report claims that "Healthcare costs are rising so fast in advanced economies that they will become unaffordable by mid-century without reforms". I don't disagree in regards to the NHS.
Sendraks wrote:
Indeed, a quick google search on unsustainable healthcare brings up hits about the US system, rather than European systems or the NHS. And the US system is widely acknowledged to be one of the most costly and inefficient systems going.
No argument from me there, either: the American healthcare system is probably even less sustainable than the NHS.