------liberal thread- actual facts about import...
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1. America spends $7,290 per capita on health care, far more than other countries. That was in 2005. We now spend over $8,000 per capita. (Thanks to corporate gangsters running health care in the US)
2. America spent $2.4 trillion on health care in 2008. That's nearly as much as food, clothing, and national defense combined. (When they have us by the balls our hearts and minds will follow)
3. From 2000 to 2007, health care premiums increased 10.6% per year. In the same period, overall inflation averaged only 2.8%. (Greedy treasonous corporatist bastards hate America and Americans)
4. A majority of Americans complain that their doctors neither spend enough time with them nor respect them. (Most doctors are greedy arrogant fuckers)
5. Only 28% of U.S. doctors use electronic medical records. 90% do in the U.K. (That way the can more easily alter medical records to cover medical errors and/or commit billing fraud)
6. Most doctors in Europe are paid based on performance. In America, this is true with only 30 percent. (That's because greedy US doctors try to cram as many patient visits in a day as possible)
7. 41% of U.S. adults have problems paying medical bills and many are hounded by collection agencies. (Because US health care is TOO expensive. Given its quality it 90% too expensive)
8. American kids are three times as likely to be prescribed antidepressants than kids in Europe. (The corporate fascists have been dumbing down our kids for decades)
9. A quarter of Americans throw away prescriptions because they can't afford to fill them. (Being that most new medications do more harm than good maybe they are doing themselves a favor)
10. 42% of Americans said hospital staff do not always explain medicines and side effects. (More greed and arrogance! AND... they just don't give a shit!)
11. Health care spending dwarfs the $1.3 trillion of combined profitability generated by every corporation in America. (It's about control.)
12. A quarter of America's children have untreated tooth decay or cavities. (My dentist is old school and a Democrat. He does a lot of pro bono work for poor kids)
13. 20% of Americans report having had a lab, medical, or medication error (tied for worst with Australia). (This is not surprising. US health care is the worst in the industrialized world.)
14. Doctors spend $210 billion per year on procedures based on fear of liability, not patient need. (At least that is what those over paid incompetent malingerers claim.)
15. 30,000 infants die in the U.S. each year. (The US has a high infant mortality rate compared to many other countries.)
16. Compared to the British, Americans are three times as likely to have diabetes. (Diabetes is big money. Keep em fat and ignorant and take their money)
17. More than a quarter of Texans don't have access to affordable health care. 100% of Mexicans do. (Even poor third world country treats people better. At least Texas is really good and lethal injections. Yep, the doctors swab the victim's arm with alcohol.)
18. America has half as many doctors per capita as Greece. (They say the Greeks invented buggery. The US health care system certainly perfected it.)
19. Medicare operates with 3% overhead. Non-profit insurance has a 16% overhead. Private insurance has a higher overhead, at 26%. (It kinda looks like Barney Frank was right about single payer.)
20. As health care costs escalate, even private insurers are making less money.
21. Prescription drugs cost around 50% more in the U.S. than in other industrialized countries. (We can thank gangster George W. Bush and his Medicare Part D giveaway to the big pharma gangsters)
22. At the current rate of health care expenditures and inflation, one quarter of GDP will be spent on health care in 2025. (It's the golden rule folks. Those with the gold make the rules. Money is power.)
At this rate, one quarter of GDP will be spent on health care in 2025.
23. High rates of chronic disease -- somewhat preventable things like obesity, cancer, and asthma -- account for as much as 2/3 of increasing health care costs.
24. As much as 91% of all health care dollars are spent on patients with chronic conditions. (This one really angers me. I bet you can't name 2 diseases that have been cured in the past 50 years. Disease is not seen as an enemy. It is seen as an opportunity for profit. Medical greed is expensive and deadly!)
25. Inefficient claims processing costs over $200 billion per year. (When you are making more money than God what's $200 billion?)
26. Hispanics kids are half as likely to see doctors as Americans -- and many other discrepancies in care are based on demographics. (Maybe they're better off avoiding US health care.)
26. Automation, elimination of pre-approval requirements, and other innovations could increase billing efficiency by 50% and save insurers $27.2 billion, hospitals $17 billion, and physicians $6.9 billion. (That would mean electronic medical record and that means less up coding and fraud. The medical industry likes the status quo. ie massive billing fraud and cover-ups)
27. The (continental) US is ranked lower than Puerto Rico in life expectancy. (The racist neo cons would like to attribute that to race by saying Blacks have shorter lifespans but many Puerto Ricans are Black.)
28. Medicare and Medicaid have consistently paid under cost for the services their clients use. (Tough crap! The greedy medical industry needs to get their costs down and their quality up)
29. If our health care system were its own country, it would be the seventh largest economy in the world. (Appalling!)
30. US Health Care is deadlier than Islamo-Fascism
31. Without reform, employer-based health care costs are projected to increase 166% by 2019. (Employers are now contracting with off-shore medical providers. America is a third world country)
32. Americans are twice as obese as Canadians. (The co-morbid conditions that go along with obesity mean big bucks.)
33. 47% of all hospitals report issues with emergency room crowding. (With nearly 50 million uninsured more people show up to the E.R. The Medical industry loves this because the E.R. can bill patients more for the same services. They also get triple the write off if the bill is not paid.)
34. The number of beds per person in U.S. hospitals is in steady decline. (The upside is less chance for hospital infections.)
35. Demands on emergency rooms are steadily increasing. (That's what happens with poor health care and lack of prevention.)
36. The per employee cost of health care is projected to reach $28,350 by 2019, nearly 3 times the cost in 2009. (I'm speechless!!)
37. 195,000 people per year die in America's hospitals because of medical errors. (This is based on a voluntary reporting system.)
38. The assumption that having a full time job guarantees you health insurance is false. 45% of uninsured Americans actually have a full time job. (This is disgusting but many people are safer not seeing a doctor and taking their chances with the disease.)
39. The uninsured represent 15% of population, but 20% of emergency room visits. (America should be ashamed.)
40. 11 percent of American women are taking drugs to combat depression (the world's highest rate). (American doctors treat symptoms instead of causes. Hormone imbalances go undiagnosed and get treated with Paxil not hormones.)
41. America's infant mortality rate is 87% higher than France's. (Obviously France is far more humane.)
42. America spends around $4.5 billion to provide health care for all prison inmates, so if you really want coverage... (Hmm... If somebody gets pissed and commits an act of violence on some corporate medical industry gangster they will get their health care paid for and you will be a real hero among the inmates. Just joking Big Brother.)
43. The United States ranks 43rd in lowest infant mortality rate, down from 12th in 1960. (Health care quality is declining in every field.)
44. 73% of sick Americans had difficulty getting non-ER care on nights, weekends, and holidays. (Greed trumps compassion)
45. Abortions cost over $600 in most U.S. states. They are free in England.
46.Despite cost, Americans have more abortions per 1,000 women of child-bearing age (19.4 per year) than the British (18.2).
47. 42% of Americans spend more than $500 out of pocket on prescription drugs yearly. (That's just a drop in the bucket compared to what insurance and Medicare Part D pays. Big Pharma is big sleaze.)
48. 22% of Americans said their test results and medical records were not available at the time of their medical appointment. The Netherlands are much more efficient (9%). (This way they can have you back for another appointment. This is not by accident.)
49. Eight percent of health expenditures go to insurance administration. Compare that to two percent in Finland. (Greedy, bloated and inefficient is US health care.)
50. Remote Area Medical, or RAM, was an organization set up to go into third world countries to supply health care to the needy. Now it is doing 60% of its work in the U.S. (This is not surprising. The US went from a world leader in the 90's to a third world laughing stock in the 00's Thank Bush and the GOP.)
NOW FOR A FEW MORE:
1 in 10 Americans will get a health care acquired infection.
The average US hospital makes 10 medication errors a day.
US doctor are the third leading cause of death and injury.
Based on a voluntary reporting system over 2 million Americans get a health care infection and over 100,000 of them die
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Only the USA has full time workers who are poor and have no health care. Thimk! 
And if they are preventable, than why are we spending so much money on trying to cure it?? 
;D
