The Brutal Truth About American Health Care
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Many Americans live in third world conditions when it comes to medical care. Here's a handy chart that compares our health care stats with those of Great Britain, whose health care system has been held up by Republicans as being "evil" and "Orwellian."Health spending as a share of GDP
US 16%
UK 8.4%
Public spending on healthcare (% of total spending on healthcare)
US 45%
UK 82%
Health spending per head
US $7,290
UK $2,992
Practicing physicians (per 1,000 people)
US 2.4
UK 2.5
Nurses (per 1,000 people)
US 10.6
UK 10.0
Acute care hospital beds (per 1,000 people)
US 2.7
UK 2.6
Life expectancy:
US 78
UK 80
Infant mortality (per 1,000 live births)
US 6.7
UK 4.8
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macfan
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well there's point there no public option
it's not reform the bill doesn't do shit
now it just waste money. Obama
has shown him to crumble very easly
and he is a weak President - 6 months ago
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macfan
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apellissier
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Pretty hard to argue with that, although I'm sure people will try.
- 6 months ago
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apellissier
