Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, (BEA), health care in 2006 cost us $1.9 trillion or about $6,359 per capita. Health care has held a growing lead as our largest single expenditure since 1990 when it surpassed housing. It represents 20.6% of our personal expenditures, 38% more than housing and 87% more (almost double) what we spend on food! In 2006 it represented 14.4% of our GDP and according to the CMS, is projected to double to $4 trillion, 20% of our GDP in 2016, just 8 short years, outpacing inflation by a factor of about 2 as it has since the 1960's.
The World Health Organization's ranking of the world's health systems was last produced in 2000
1 France
2 Italy
3 San Marino
4 Andorra
5 Malta
6 Singapore
7 Spain
8 Oman
9 Austria
10 Japan
11 Norway
12 Portugal
13 Monaco
14 Greece
15 Iceland
16 Luxembourg
17 Netherlands
18 United Kingdom
19 Ireland
20 Switzerland
21 Belgium
22 Colombia
23 Sweden
24 Cyprus
25 Germany
26 Saudi Arabia
27 United Arab Emirates
28 Israel
29 Morocco
30 Canada
31 Finland
32 Australia
33 Chile
34 Denmark
35 Dominica
36 Costa Rica 37 United States of America
38 Slovenia
39 Cuba
40 Brunei
41 New Zealand
42 Bahrain
43 Croatia
44 Qatar
45 Kuwait
46 Barbados
47 Thailand
48 Czech Republic
49 Malaysia
50 Poland
First, consider the source--the UN. Secondly what are the criteria of ranking? One of the criteria that I am aware of is infant mortality. Not a problem in most countries where babies with pre-natal defects are routinely aborted. Doesn't do much for the babies but it really massages the numbers.
why is it that technology keeps advancing and cost keep going up....it doesn't make sense....price of computers have gone down since technology improved.
According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, (BEA), health care in 2006 cost us $1.9 trillion or about $6,359 per capita. Health care has held a growing lead as our largest single expenditure since 1990 when it surpassed housing. It represents 20.6% of our personal expenditures, 38% more than housing and 87% more (almost double) what we spend on food! In 2006 it represented 14.4% of our GDP and according to the CMS, is projected to double to $4 trillion, 20% of our GDP in 2016, just 8 short years, outpacing inflation by a factor of about 2 as it has since the 1960's.
Personal health expenditures could be cut for many reasons, but the most obvious reason to me is to root out the leaches that go to the doctor for a band-aid or an aspirin. Those are the people that i'd kick to the curb for health-care abuse. Average yearly personal expenditures would go down, I have no doubt about that.
These are the same people that your tax dollars are going to be paying for in the future.
The discussion of health care reform got started during the campaign. What happened since then is that the economy tanked. Thanks to decades of deregulation (begun by the far right's uber-leader Reagan, and continued by Bush). In addition to which, there has never been a President so profoundly attacked by the other party. Every door he tries to open, they slam in his face. They are bound and determined to ruin him. They are profoundly anti-democratic, often racist, and full of perverted hatred. It's disgusting. Our country is going through a crisis and these hateful little goons will deepen it, if they have to, in order (they delusionally think) to regain control.
On another note: He's not my "dear leader." He's the President of the United States, democratically elected. And the sooner the Republican party dumps the far right, and gets some intelligent and fair-thinking people to lead them, the sooner we can get back to being a civilized nation of people who work together to solve our problems.
"...there has never been a President so profoundly attacked by the other party." You're kidding, right? Were you born on Jan.20, 2009 and missed the previous eight years?
"...there has never been a President so profoundly attacked by the other party." You're kidding, right? Were you born on Jan.20, 2009 and missed the previous eight years?
people didn't start attacking Bush until he f'ed over the country...also it didn't help his case that the Supreme Court picked him to be president in 2000.
begun by the far right's uber-leader Reagan, and continued by Bush
Hmmmm....there is something missing here.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
