Quote Originally Posted by commiecat View Post
The fact that about 15% of our population is uninsured should be evidence enough, but just in case:

In 2007, amongst Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Sweden and the UK, America had:
· the lowest life expectancy (78.1)
· the highest infant mortality rate (6.7)
· the highest per capita expenditure on health care ($7,290)

WellPoint, Inc., the largest U.S. insurer, recently announced that it was cutting its own employees' health benefits. WellPoint's CEO received about $10M worth of compensation in 2008.

We spend the most money yet have the worst results. Where is the evidence to support that this system is working, or somehow better than that of other industrialized nations?

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If 15% are uninsured then 85% are insured. That's failing?

All you've done is point out that the system has problems. No one is denying that.

But having problems is not the same as failing.