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Monday, August 3, 2009

Don't think we need health care reform?

In 1993, when the Clintons first tried to put through health care reform, health care in the United States cost 953 million dollars a year.

Now?

We now spend 2.5 trillion dollars per year on health care.

Still don't think the system is broken?

We have the most expensive health care system in the world.

We are ranked 37th, internationally, compared to all other health care systems, in mortality.

Nearly 50 million Americans aren't covered by any health care plan, period.

There are a lot more statistics, too, that prove this point.

Our health care system is broken. It is badly broken. It doesn't work. It needs fixing.

And corporations need to be out of the fix.

Links:
http://www.healthpaconline.net/health-care-statistics-in-the-united-states.htm
http://www.michaelmoore.com/sicko/_media/SiCKO_sickofactoids.pdf

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