Pop quiz: Which US presidents are correlated with increased health spending?

[andrewducker]

Also, what does the USA get from its ridiculously high spending?



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[ciphergoth.livejournal.com]

Their system is so insane - it's optimized not at all around providing health, and entirely around not getting sued.

If I had to go with an insurance-like system, I'd like a system where my provider gets a fixed amount of money for every QALY they provide me with.

[ciphergoth.livejournal.com]

Also, wouldn't dollars per capita be a much more useful measure than percent GDP?

[momentsmusicaux.livejournal.com]

I don't see the UK on that second graph...