- 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.
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This is a very sad commentary on life in the US. What is it going to take for the majority of Americans to become informed on the issues & vote casting participants in our goverment?
I agree and that is what we hope to accomplish with this blog. Get the word out and help us to inform the american public.
For those who want to learn more about where the presidential candidates stand regarding health care issues, take a look at the coverage from The Commonwealth Fund - cut and paste this address into your browser: http://www.commonwealthfund.org/aboutus/aboutus_show.htm?doc_id=533029&#doc533029
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