[blueplum]

putting this up as a comparative article.
The UK has 1/5th the population of the USA. Their current expenditure for universal health is $150 B/yr with a rise to $157 Billion next year. To provide the same, CONGESTED CARE, in the US it would cost us almost a trillion a year ($750-$800 Billion/yr but actually, more, since our medical staff demand higher pay and we have more hospitals and clinics per capita). The custs of private health care in the US is bad, but it still seems better than the alternative of socialized medicine.

The salaries below are not cash in pocket since part of the earnings is compensated in housing and perks

According to 'leapscholar' the average pay for a RN in England is about $65K/yr (with 5 years experience or more, a new to one year nurse is about $21.5k):
"The average nurse salary in UK per month is 4,541 GBP which is calculated to be around 54,500 GBP per year. Further, the salaries of a working nurse can range from 28,300 GBP to 83,300 GBP per year. This average salary per year includes various benefits like housing, transport and other allowances."
leapscholar

[Cronos]

Winnie / Sins - How true is this article?

[TalBlack]

“And around 8,600 Covid patients were taking up beds on December...“

They should come up with a vaccine or something to head this off at the pass…oh…wait…

[fruser1]

The goal of socialized medicine is to minimize expenditures on treating patients, thereby maximizing the money remaining in the government’s hands to use as it sees fit.

[Tupelo]

But it’s free! But it’s Free!
Suuure it’s free.

[hinckley buzzard]

Been hearing nightmare stories about the NHS for years. It has perennial problems with excessive wait times and poor delivery of care. I doubt the English people are in any worse health than other western countries. It is shameful to blame government mis-management on the people they are supposed to serve.

[kabar]

According to the most recent data available from the CMS, national healthcare expenditure (NHE) grew 9.7% to $4.1 trillion in 2020. That’s $12,530 per person. This figure accounted for 19.7% of gross domestic product (GDP) that year. If we look at each program individually, Medicare spending grew 3.5% to $829.5 billion in 2020, which is 20% of total NHE, while Medicaid spending grew 9.2% to $671.2 billion in 2020, which is 16% of total NHE.

The CMS projects that healthcare spending is estimated to grow by 5.4% each year between 2019 and 2028. This means healthcare will cost an estimated $6.2 trillion by 2028. Projections indicate that health spending will grow 1.1% faster than the country’s GPD each year from 2019 to 2028. This projection in growth is primarily due to higher Medicare enrollments. The projected healthcare spending estimates by the CMS do not take into account costs related to the coronavirus pandemic.

https://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/082015/how-much-medicaid-and-medicare-cost-americans.asp

[teeman8r]

time to start pushing the final solution treatment.

For those who expect more from the afterlife, we can send you there. Socialized Medicine. It’s been our plan all along.

[pepsi_junkie]

Mark Stein once opined that in a nation with socialized medicine the role of Health Minister is absolutely the most powerful because they drive everything such governments do.

That should be enough of a warning.