Re: David Cross on Health Care

On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 6:07 PM, Karl <[email protected]> wrote:
> **the question is who pays more in the long run, you in your taxes, or me in my
> premiums, that allow me the same freedom of care.

Well, one thing I often see brought up is that the per-capita
government spending on health care in the United states is higher than
it is in Canada.  Most data I can find comes from OECD

http://www.kff.org/insurance/snapshot/chcm010307oth.cfm

http://www.chrt.org/publications/price-of-care-2010/issue-brief-2009-12-health-care-spending-by-country-state-and-payer/

http://seekingalpha.com/article/146992-comparing-u-s-healthcare-spending-with-other-oecd-countries

# On a per capita basis also the U.S. spent the highest with a total
of $7,290 which is two-and-half times the OECD average

# The public share of health care expenditure in the USA (45%) is less
than any other OECD country

# Despite spending the most, the U.S. provides health care coverage
for only the elderly, disabled and some of the poor people

# In comparison, the same amount is enough to provide universal health
care insurance by the government for all citizens in other OECD
countries

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0934556.html

So, in 2007, Canada's total public & private spending combined is
about the same amount as the public dollars per capita spent by the US
-- around $3,000.  Then on top of that, there is another $3,000 per
capita of private money.  It's no wonder some things are better in the
US when you have double the total investment per-capita.  But, IMHO,
Canada seems to be getting more value for it's money.

Jeremy

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