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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: RetiredNow who wrote (540907)1/5/2010 10:53:50 PM
From: tejek  Read Replies (1) of 1574042
 
Plenty of research shows that all the money Americans plow into health care isn't getting such terrific results. A report card last month from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development showed the U.S. led the pack of rich countries in health spending, and doing better in only a few areas, such as cancer care. Second place went to France, way back at 11 percent of GDP, a mark we Americans passed in the 1980s.
Columbia University statistician Andrew Gelman put together some data last month that compared health spending by country and life expectancy. Not a pretty picture:

Talk about revealing....this chart speaks volumes. It came from Nate Silvers' 538 blog. I previously have posted to you some of his articles at 538.
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