We Spend More & We Get Less: National Public Radio comparison of costs of health care across US vs Europe & Japan

If NC Mental Health Reform is any indication of how $$$$$$$$$$$
are being wasted, in terms of heavy administrative costs (all those Endorsed Provider companies w/ all their overhead) and so much paperwork that providers cannot see their clients, then these stats also underline how STUPIDLY we manage our health care.

If we had universal coverage, we would not have all these problems w/ the LME's because THEY WOULD NOT EXIST IN THEIR CURRENT FORM which is to say that their existence is predicated on the fact that all they do is manage the UNINSURED or the state funded clients / working poor.

YIPEE! We're the weiners!

From NPR: http://www.npr.org/news/specials/healthcare/healthcare_profiles.html


US: Health spending as part of GDP: 15.3% /// Coverage: 82% of people under 65; 100% of people 65 or over.

Japan: Health spending as part of GDP: 8% /// Coverage: 100 % -- all citizens and legal residents.

France: Health spending as part of GDP: 11.1% /// Coverage: 100%

Germany:Health spending as part of GDP: 10.7% /// Coverage: 99.8 % -- all citizens and legal residents

Great Britain: Health spending as part of GDP: 8.3% /// Coverage: Universal coverage. All citizens and legal residents.

Netherlands: Health spending as part of GDP: 9.2% /// Coverage: Universal coverage. 98.5% -- all citizens and legal residents.

Switzerland: Health spending as part of GDP: 11.6% /// Coverage: All citizens and legal residents.