20 Disturbing Facts on US Healthcare Everybody Should Know
16 Apr 2009
Written by molly
1) 46 Million American have NO health insurance.
2) 9.4 Million children have No health insurance.
3) Insurance costs are outpacing income by eight-fold.
4) Every year one Million Americans lose their coverage.
5) The cost of health care causes bankruptcy every 30 seconds.
6) By the end of 2009 1.5 Million people are going to lose their homes due to illness.
7) America spends twice as much per person on health care as other rich countries.
8) Americans spent $2.2 Trillion on health care in 2008.
9) 1/3 of the US population under age 65 has NO health insurance.
10) US Health care costs are twice the GDP of India.
11) Americans life expectancy is 2 years less than Europeans.
12) Projected health care costs by 2012 are $3.1 Trillion a year.
13) Health care cost are 4 times higher than our national defense.
14) America spent 17% of it’s GDP on health care in 2008.
15) By 2017 Americans will be spending 20% of GDP on health care.
17) Premiums for employer based health care went up by 5% in 2008, small employers premiums went up 5.5%, small business with less than 24 workers went up 6.8%.
18) Annual premiums for family coverage eclipsed the gross earnings for a full time, minimum wage worker ($10, 712) per year.
19) Health insurance is the fastest growing expense cost component for employers, health care costs will over take profits.
20) Health insurance premiums have grown four times faster than wages.
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11 Responses to 20 Disturbing Facts on US Healthcare Everybody Should Know
Ds Kenney
April 16th, 2009 at 13:42
One More interesting Fact: The US Dept of Health counts the 12.4 Million ILLEGAL immigrants in that number as well as the 7.2 million who are so rich they don’t want health insurance.
etaoin shrdlu
April 16th, 2009 at 16:34
You forgot to mention that 97.365 per cent of all statistics placed on the web to advance a political cause are made up on the spot.
Drew
April 17th, 2009 at 07:29
Thank goodness I live in the UK. Our NHS may not be perfect but its free at the point of delivery. I feel sorry for people living in the US as healthcare really is an intractable problem.
Travis
April 17th, 2009 at 10:56
you know what, i may pay more for healthcare, but i get it when i need it. im not dying from cancer while sitting on some waiting list to get a doctor. good luck canada.
John Westra
April 17th, 2009 at 15:17
People use statistics the way drunks use lamp posts, for support rather than illumination!
Melayu Boleh
April 17th, 2009 at 21:22
1) 46 Million American have NO health insurance.
whow this is a good niche…..
Beth
April 19th, 2009 at 11:00
Nice try Travis. But, that ain’t the case. My next door neighbour started treatment for Cancer the week after her diagnosis. Meanwhile in Alabama my American cousin had to wait 52 hours in an ER just to treat a broken arm. Your healthcare bankrupts, and it ain’t even reliable. I’ll stay here in Canada where its safe and healthy.
Delicious Clams
April 19th, 2009 at 22:01
It’s unbelievable that people would rather put themselves and their family at risk just because they don’t like Obama. It’s true, it’s undebatable, our health care is absolutely terrible. It NEEDS to be reformed, any way possible.
Also, I can’t believe how brainwashed you all are. Any fact or piece of information you don’t agree with you call propaganda. You don’t do your own research, you don’t care how well the study was done, you don’t do anything except ignore what you don’t want to hear. It’s pathetic.
mraz
June 24th, 2009 at 13:51
the fact is worried.. they all need to improve their lifestyle.
Rhett
August 5th, 2009 at 00:37
It is obvious something needs to change. By the way if you think the numbers are “made up” click on one of the facts and read the whole article. If you are really so inclined check their references. Then come back and comment how the numbers are made up.
Oh yea and its so true that people are waiting in lines in Canada to see a doctor. Laughable
Phil
September 10th, 2009 at 03:56
I am an American and think it is really hard for Americans to acknowledge that other countries have it better than we do at anything, including medicine. I had to travel to Canada to get the worldwide gold standard treatment for Meniere’s disease because in the US, the drug, SERC, is not approved by the FDA. Yet this drug alleviates and controls the symptoms. Why should I have to go to Canada to get it? Well I did. And I didn’t have to wait in line either. I made my appointment, PAID CASH (very important in Canada if you’re not Canadian), was seen by the doctor, had my prescription filled and came home with the drugs. Why shouldn’t this be available in the US if it is available in every other country in the world. Really made me realize my own country is a bit third world itself in some respects. By the way, my US insurance company reimbursed me for the treatment, not 100% but still I got some reimbursement. In the US, the treatment is Valium (uh, addictive) or getting a nerve section (uh, walker anyone?) I left the country for treatment and am living a normal life, not addicted to Valium and not using a walker. FDA WAKE UP!