do you think its fair?
By dvschic
@dvschic (1795)
United States
March 12, 2009 5:28pm CST
this was on yahoo news, i couldn't believe it. i pay 72 a month for my insurance, and i hardly go to the doc, come may i'm switching it.
WASHINGTON – If the global economy were a 100-yard dash, the U.S. would start 23 yards behind its closest competitors because of health care that costs too much and delivers too little, a business group says in a report to be released Thursday.
The report from the Business Roundtable, which represents CEOs of major companies, says America's health care system has become a liability in a global economy.
Concern about high U.S. costs has existed for years, and business executives — whose companies provide health coverage for workers — have long called for getting costs under control. Now President Barack Obama says the costs have become unsustainable and the system must be overhauled.
Americans spend $2.4 trillion a year on health care. The Business Roundtable report says Americans in 2006 spent $1,928 per capita on health care, at least two-and-a-half times more per person than any other advanced country.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090312/ap_on_he_me/health_value_gap
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