Americans as a populace spend $7,290 per person out of their own pocket for health care every year, but only live 78 years on average
Canadians spend $3,895 per person in mostly extra tax dollars and live 81 years on average.
I don't understand the opposition to a Canadian-style system in America - A graph like this accurately shows you that:
1) Regardless of where the money is coming from, be it your own pocket or in the form of increased taxes, you are paying twice what a Canadian pays
2) We pay near half of what an American does, on average, for healthcare, and we live 3 years longer. The macro-level test of a healthcare system is average life expectancy.
If I was American, be it Republican, Democract, or Hillbilly, I would want a social medicine program - It makes fiscal sense and it makes moral sense.
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