A problem with the value of the money spent on health care in the United States

- The United States spends over two trillion dollars a year on health care. This is around 18% of the countries GDP and $7,500 per capita more than twice the amount of any other country.

-The United States ranks 45th in Life Expectancy

- The United States Ranks 37th in the World Health Organization's study on the performance of national health systems.

Proposed Health Care Plans

The number of uninsured citizens has become a high priority issue for 2008 presidential candidates. The population of the United States is 302,918,848 (http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html) of which 60 million do not have Health Insurance. The uninsured population is unable to access quality care. They effect everyone in our country by causing health care services cost to rise. This issue needs to be addressed immediately to begin rebuilding the health care system in the United States. The three candidates have posted through their websites their proposal for health care reform. We will break down their plans in much more detail. For now, find below links to the three candidates health care issue websites.

Question: Do the plans make sense? Which one will work the best?

Hillary Clinton:
http://www.hillaryclinton.com/feature/healthcareplan/
John Edwards:
http://johnedwards.com/issues/health-care/
Barack Obama:
http://www.barackobama.com/issues/healthcare/

YouTube Debate: Health Care?

The big three in the democratic party discussing their purposed health insurance coverage plans