Montclair SocioBlog.... In case you wondered about what we in the U.S. pay for health care compared with those unfree unfortunates who suffer under various forms of socialized medicine, here are some graphs from 2009 showing the advantages of what is sometimes called “the best health care system in the world.”
The graphs are from the International Federation of Health Plans. I’ve selected only four — to show the relative costs* of
- an office visit
- a day in the hospital
- a common procedure (childbirth without complications)
- a widely used drug (Lipitor)
You can download all the charts here, but be warned: it gets boring. We’re number one in every chart, at least in this one category of how much we shell out.
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