to openhealth):
"Even though American health care is the best in the world, said
Thompson, he predicts the health care system will collapse about 2013.
"The first reason is that we spend about 16 percent of our GDP on health
care, while other countries spend from four to 11 percent. Japan spends
7 percent. We spend a lot more than any other country." And, he said, by
2013 we'll double the expenditures; from $2 trillion to $4 trillion --
from 16 percent of GDP to 20 percent of GDP."
http://www.govtech.net/magazine/channel_story.php/99517
David Forslund wrote:
> Tim Cook wrote:
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> > ivhalpc wrote:
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> > >
> > > I wonder how this is all going to end and I fear it will end badly as
> > > in Nationalized medicine in the US
> >
> > Would that truly be a bad thing? I'm not sure how a transition would
> > work but answer these questions:
> The transition is already underway with Medicare and Medicaid, both of which
> are about to go bankrupt in the US.
> >
> > 1) What western country spends the largest portion (by a wide margin) of
> > GDP on healthcare?
> This, by itself, doesn't mean that healthcare in the US is bad. It
> might mean the opposite.
> >
> > 2) What western country has the largest percentage of citizens without
> > healthcare?
> Do you have any idea what the percentage of citizens in the US is
> without healthcare
> coverage? The main stream media and some politicos grossly
> misrepresent this
> number. The fact is that healthcare for those that need it in the US
> can't be denied.
> The type of coverage isn't the same for everyone, but essentially
> everyone has coverage
> of some sort. People may not have signed up for it, but, in fact, may
> have coverage.
> Take a look at the sign in every ER room in America, e.g.
>
> Dave
> >
> >
> > TWC
> >
>
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