On Sat, 24 Feb 2007, Jan Steinman wrote:
>
> Perhaps, but it seems an overriding indicator of dysfunction that the
> US spends 16% of its gross domestic product on health care, and the
> NEAREST ones only spend about 7%! (There's a fairly tight cluster of
> Canada, Germany, Japan, and Sweden spending 6.5% to 7.5% of GDP on
> health care.)
According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care_in_Canada the
US is at 13.9% GDP and most others are near 10%. Looking closer you'll
see the median waiting time for critial procedures is 1.2 days in the US
while in Canada it's 124 days! From a medical services perpspective
the US is hardly dysfunction.
> Sure, all health care systems have their problems. But I'd opt for
> one that has less than 1/2 the per-capita cost any day.
I guess you haven't yet had the "opportunity" to fully experience the
Canadian medical system (which is actually a misnomer since it's run
provincially). You might change your mind as you wait for months for
a critial procedure.
-mark
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