Kasz216 on 09 March 2010
| Rath said: The US needs healthcare reform desperately. The amount you pay as a % of GDP is absurd. Heres a website with some neat little charts to show you what I mean http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/universal.htm USA pays 16% of GDP, next highest in the OECD is France with 11% |
Nobody is argueing that. Hell, people that believe that should actually be AGAINST this bill... since all estimates of this bill suggests that this will raise the cost of healthcare paid per GDP... even the white house estimates. Though... does money spent as a % of GDP really matter that much as a statistic I wonder. I mean, healthcare is a local phenomena afterall. It's buisness that can't be outsourced. It's money going to other americans who will be using that money to buy stuff and pay off loans. The % of GDP isn't so much the problem as % out of the average persons wallet. For what it's worth it's actually now 17.3% though... what due to the recession yet people still needing healthcare.
