The survey doesn’t have information from every country, nor detailed prices for every medical procedure. Prices in the United States are higher for nearly everything — by a lot. They determined that the United States is distinct in a few ways. (Another way the United States is unusual is in having so many residents without any form of health insurance.) Both campaigns assume substantial savings would result as that government system lowered prices across the board: for doctors, hospitals, medical devices and drugs.

Source: International New York Times December 27, 2019 09:56 UTC