There are 30 industrialized nations in the world. The cream of the crop. And the United States is among those distinguished nations. A couple of statistics…we pay the very most for health care; $5,635 per person last year. Our place in the world when it comes to healthcare? We rank 21st among those 30. We also rank 37th in the entire world; which means that some nations less distinguished than the 30 industrialized nations do better than we do. We are 44th in the world when it comes to infant mortality. And you can live longer if you’re a resident of Japan (4.6 years longer) and it will cost you less. $2,139 per person. France, the home of the “cheese eating surrender monkeys” averages $2,903.
And how about this statistic? If you were a full time minimum wage worker, you would gross $10,712 for the year. The average yearly health insurance costs for a family of four? $10,880.
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