I said “if you have private insurance,” which I think is the key qualifier. One of the other commenters expanded upon it well below.
I’m not making an argument for cost-effectiveness either.
We can get private insurance to pay for elective surgeries, new medications, etc. that are either not covered in other countries or have extremely long wait periods. And the higher reimbursement I think is helpful for providing staffing and paying for equipment that they (in my admittedly n of 1 experience) simply didn’t have for me. I suppose it is a tradeoff.
I’m not making an argument for cost-effectiveness either.
We can get private insurance to pay for elective surgeries, new medications, etc. that are either not covered in other countries or have extremely long wait periods. And the higher reimbursement I think is helpful for providing staffing and paying for equipment that they (in my admittedly n of 1 experience) simply didn’t have for me. I suppose it is a tradeoff.