Originally Posted by willravel

I'm sure we've all seen the chart showing the Healthcare costs as a percent of GDP and Per capita expenditure on health (USD). Just to remind everyone:
Healthcare costs as a percent of GDP
Australia: 9.5
Canada: 9.9
France: 10.1
UK: 8.0
USA: 15.2
Per capita expenditure on health (USD)
Australia: $2,519
Canada: $2,669
France: $2,981
UK: $2,428
USA: $5,711

So let's stop pretending that you're going to be paying more in taxes for universal health care than is paid for the current system.

It's a shame that's all you see. The bigger picture is that we're saving trillions upon trillions that are paid per year in health care.