I'm on a medication that costs $25k for a milliliter (which is, thankfully, covered by my $3,000/month health insurance). It's 1/10th that cost in the UK, even if you pay for it out-of-pocket.
The most backwards thing about US healthcare costs is that it costs more if the insurance doesn't cover it. I got a bill for $75k when my insurance incorrectly denied a claim. After they accepted the claim, they negotiated a price of $27k for the same bill.
That's true for American insurance, too.
As a bonus, our uncovered procedures are often wildly more expensive.
"The cost for everything related to Helene Sula’s knee surgery was about $2,000, compared with $14,000 for the same treatment in America." - https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/germany-s-health-...
I'm on a medication that costs $25k for a milliliter (which is, thankfully, covered by my $3,000/month health insurance). It's 1/10th that cost in the UK, even if you pay for it out-of-pocket.
The US is entirely abberant in healthcare costs, even when factoring in public spending. https://www.oecd.org/en/data/indicators/health-spending.html