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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (72603)	2/22/2010 6:12:20 PM
From: KyrosL	2 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74559

New Zealand has a higher life expectancy a lower infant mortality than the US. I will take your statistics over ours anytime. the USA medical system is so expensive is because the very high GDP per capita Not quite. The USA health care costs are almost double compared to the rest of the developed world AS A PERCENT OF GDP. angelfire.com New Zealand's health care expenditures were 9.2% of GDP in 2007 versus 16% in the USA. You may be buying your own routine health care out of your pocket to avoid bureaucracy, since you are healthy and it doesn't cost much. But are you paying out of your own pocket when your family needs expensive and extensive health care such as hospitalization, surgery, etc.?