Health Care Satisfaction and Expense
Does the U.S. have the best health care system in the world, as often stated by conservatives? What do the people think? Check out these statistics:
All that money for so little satisfaction. Sad, really. On the other hand, maybe we shouldn't count the 40 million Americans without insurance in these statistics, since they don't actually participate in our health care system they have no idea if it is good or bad. Yea, that's the ticket.
(Via, Kevin Drum)
| Country | Satisfaction | Cost per Capita |
| Denmark | 91% | $1940 |
| Finland | 81% | $1539 |
| Austria | 73% | $1960 |
| Netherlands | 70% | $1911 |
| Luxembourg | 67% | $1985 |
| France | 65% | $2125 |
| Belgium | 63% | $1738 |
| Ireland | 58% | $1200 |
| Germany | 58% | $2365 |
| Sweden | 58% | $1943 |
| UnitedKingdom | 57% | $1193 |
| Canada | 46% | $1836 |
| Spain | 43% | $1211 |
| UnitedStates | 40% | $3724 |
All that money for so little satisfaction. Sad, really. On the other hand, maybe we shouldn't count the 40 million Americans without insurance in these statistics, since they don't actually participate in our health care system they have no idea if it is good or bad. Yea, that's the ticket.
(Via, Kevin Drum)
posted by Xactiphyn at 11:48 AM
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