Why Americans' Pockets Are Dying for Healthcare Reform
by Anthony Sibley (AJ) on Feb 3, 2014 | Views: 146 | Score: 0
Total Healthcare Expenditures per Capita USD (2010) | |
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Italy | 2852 |
Spain | 2979 |
United Kingdom | 3253 |
France | 3835 |
Germany | 4187 |
Canada | 4205 |
United States | 7910 |
Many Obamacare dissenters assert that America already has an advantageous healthcare system. In fact, our system is middling, with fewer primary-care-visits than most European countries. And yet, we pay roughly double for healthcare than most rich countries. The real issue with Obamacare is that it does not treat the causal failings of our system, just certain symptoms of its impotence.