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Ah My Balls
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Originally Posted by WarChild
That's quite the leap you're making and it's based on faulty information.
Let's start with looking at some underlying data. Below is a listing of health care spending per capita by country:
So there you have it. Your "private" system is costing much more than any public system. Your total healthcare spending per capita is double the weighted average!
So let me ask you how you think goverment run healthcare is more expensive?
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Basic economics explains this. 
GDP:
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# 1 United States: $9,780,000,000,000.00
# 2 Japan: $4,520,000,000,000.00
# 3 Germany: $1,940,000,000,000.00
# 4 United Kingdom: $1,480,000,000,000.00
# 5 France: $1,380,000,000,000.00
# 6 China: $1,130,000,000,000.00
# 7 Italy: $1,120,000,000,000.00
# 8 Canada: $682,000,000,000.00
# 9 Spain: $588,000,000,000.00
# 10 Mexico: $550,000,000,000.00
# 11 Brazil: $529,000,000,000.00
# 12 India: $477,000,000,000.00
# 13 Netherlands: $390,000,000,000.00
# 14 Australia: $386,000,000,000.00
# 15 Switzerland: $277,000,000,000.00
# 16 Argentina: $260,000,000,000.00
# 17 Russia: $253,000,000,000.00
# 18 Belgium: $245,000,000,000.00
# 19 Sweden: $226,000,000,000.00
# 20 Austria: $195,000,000,000.00
# 21 Saudi Arabia: $181,000,000,000.00
# 22 Turkey: $167,000,000,000.00
= 23 Poland: $164,000,000,000.00
= 23 Denmark: $164,000,000,000.00
# 25 Norway: $161,000,000,000.00
# 26 Indonesia: $145,000,000,000.00
# 27 Finland: $123,000,000,000.00
# 28 South Africa: $122,000,000,000.00
# 29 Greece: $121,000,000,000.00
# 30 Thailand: $118,000,000,000.00
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