Health Care in the United States
COSTS
of the GDP is spent on health care
of bankruptcies are linked to health expenses
of these debtors had insurance at the onset of illness
COVERAGE
annual deaths from lack of coverage
skipped necessary medical care in 2006 because of cost
The following charts the ranking of commonly used indicators of health system performance to
create an overall ranking for the OECD countries. Smaller bars are better.
The United States is the only industrialized country that does not have universal health care.
Despite exorbitant spending, health care results are mixed at best.
| COUNTRY | United States | France | Germany | Canada | United Kingdom |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEALTH CARE TYPE | privitized | mixed | mixed | single-payer | single-payer |
| EXPENDITURES ON CARE PER PERSON (USD) | $7,290 | $3,601 | $3,558 | $3,895 | $2,992 |
| GDP SPENT | 16% | 11% | 10.4% | 10.1% | 8.4% |
| % COVERED | 85% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| WHO RANKING (2000) | 37 | 1 | 25 | 30 | 18 |
| LIFE EXPECTANCY | 78.1 | 81.0 | 79.8 | 80.7 | 79.1 |
| INFANT MORTALITY RATE | 6.7 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 5.0 | 4.8 |
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