Healthcare Trigger Mechanism a Great Idea

[ManusJustus]

MontanaHatchet said:

ManusJustus said:

TheRealMafoo said:

ManusJustus said:

This puts Republicans in a tough position, because they understand economics and know that the private system will not be as efficient as the public system, and that the private system could never reach any goals that they could reasonably propose the to public.

What? Is that bolded part a joke?

The problem is the private system will be far more efficient then the public system...

The United States healthcare system is not as efficient as the healthcare systems of other developed countries.  For instance, the United Kingdom pays three times less for healthcare than the United States, and there is no way America's private system could bring costs down that low while still covering the entire population. 

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_hea_car_fun_tot_per_cap-care-funding-total-per-capita

This couldn't have anything to do with the fact that the United Kingdom has 1/5 the population of the U.S., could it? Or am I getting it all confused?

The statistic is PER CAPITA, or per person.  It is an average that takes the population of the United States and the United Kingdom into account.