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Old 02-28-2009, 09:37 PM   #72
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Canada's health system beats US in costs and results

As of 1995, you folks are spending at least $6,400 per capita to our $3,360.

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Yet infant mortality in the United States is higher and life expectancy at birth is less than in Canada.
Let's work this out: US population: 305,900,000 x $6,400 = $1,957,760,000,000.

Now let's see what would happen if it cost the same as the Canadian system:

305,900,000 x $3,360 = $1,027,824,000,000

Okay; then: $1,957,760,000,000 - $1,027,824,000,000 = $ 92,994,000,000.

Just so we're clear: an adoption of the Canadian system would save Americans $ 92 billion dollars. And you would insure everybody.
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