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http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/nation/pdf/healthreport_092909.pdf
The U.S. spends more money on health care than any other nation in the world.
According to Medicare actuaries, the U.S. will spend nearly $2.3 trillion on
medical care in 2007, representing approximately 16.7 percent of the nation’s
Gross Domestic Product (GDP). These National Health Expenditures are
expected to grow to 20 percent of GDP by 2015. Many experts believe that a
significant portion of our health care dollars are wasted, with estimates
suggesting that up to 30 percent of total spending could be eliminated without
reducing health care quality.
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I have always found this claim troubling.
There is no industry I can think of that could survive that kind of inefficiency.
I have not read this article through and through, but it does represent one of the bleathing points of the far left during this whole debate (as the percent of GDP did too.....and has not changed...if anything has gone up).
So, what are people saying now ?
The U.S. spends more money on health care than any other nation in the world.
According to Medicare actuaries, the U.S. will spend nearly $2.3 trillion on
medical care in 2007, representing approximately 16.7 percent of the nation’s
Gross Domestic Product (GDP). These National Health Expenditures are
expected to grow to 20 percent of GDP by 2015. Many experts believe that a
significant portion of our health care dollars are wasted, with estimates
suggesting that up to 30 percent of total spending could be eliminated without
reducing health care quality.
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I have always found this claim troubling.
There is no industry I can think of that could survive that kind of inefficiency.
I have not read this article through and through, but it does represent one of the bleathing points of the far left during this whole debate (as the percent of GDP did too.....and has not changed...if anything has gone up).
So, what are people saying now ?