🔗 Policy & System
Links Card: US vs. Australia – Key Contrasts
|
Feature |
United States |
Australia |
|
Guarantee of access |
No |
Yes |
|
Role of insurance |
Gatekeeper |
Optional add-on |
|
Cost per capita |
Highest in world |
Moderately low |
|
Bureaucratic load |
High |
Low |
|
Equity |
Highly unequal |
Mostly equitable |
|
Outcomes |
Poor-moderate |
High overall |
🔄 Fractal Directions from
Here
- 📚
Healthcare Policy: Values embedded in system design (individualism
vs. solidarity)
- 📊
Economic Models: How each system controls cost and allocates risk
- 🌍
Other Models: UK (NHS), Canada (single payer), Germany (statutory
insurers), India (public/private regional mosaic)
- ❤️
Care Itself: Patient experience, cultural dignity, burnout, trust
in providers
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