Hatha Sunahara
5th March 2013, 02:06 AM
Some interesting facts about the US health care system:
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/50-signs-that-the-u-s-health-care-system-is-a-gigantic-money-making-scam-that-is-about-to-collapse
Here are some of the more interesting ones:
#20 According to a survey conducted by the Doctor Patient Medical Association, 83 percent (http://dailycaller.com/2012/07/09/report-83-percent-of-doctors-have-considered-quitting-over-obamacare/) of all doctors in the United States have considered leaving the profession because of Obamacare.
#21 Approximately 16,000 (http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/12-incredible-obamacare-quotes-that-show-that-our-wretched-healthcare-system-is-headed-directly-into-the-toilet) new IRS agents will be hired to help oversee the implementation of Obamacare, and the Obama administration has given the IRS 500 million extra dollars (http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/health-reform-implementation/220475-white-house-has-diverted-500m-to-irs-to-implement-health-law) "outside the normal appropriations process" to help the IRS with their new duties.
#22 During 2013, Americans will spend more than 280 billion dollars (http://healthland.time.com/2013/02/20/bitter-pill-why-medical-bills-are-killing-us/8/) on prescription drugs.
#23 Prescription drugs cost about 50% more (http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=5406&type=0) in the United States than they do in other countries.
#24 In the United States today, prescription painkillers kill more Americans than heroin and cocaine combined (http://www.naturalnews.com/037299_prescription_painkillers_heroin_fatalities. html).
#25 Nearly half of all Americans (http://www.naturalnews.com/029664_prescription_drugs_Americans.html) now use prescription drugs on a regular basis according to the CDC. Not only that, the CDC also says that approximately one-third of all Americans use two or more pharmaceutical drugs on a regular basis, and more than ten percent of all Americans use five or more pharmaceutical drugs on a regular basis.
#26 The percentage of women taking antidepressants in America is higher (http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-medicated-americans) than in any other country in the world.
#27 In 2010, the average teen in the U.S. was taking 1.2 central nervous system drugs (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/wp/2012/07/03/maybe-we-should-blame-teenagers-for-our-health-spending-problems/). Those are the kinds of drugs which treat conditions such as ADHD and depression.
#35 In America today, you are 64 times more likely (http://www.naturalnews.com/038889_doctors_guns_statistics.html) to be killed by a doctor than you are by a gun.
#36 People living in the United States are three times more likely (http://www.businessinsider.com/depressing-facts-about-healthcare-system-2011-6#compared-to-the-british-americans-are-three-times-as-likely-to-have-diabetes-17) to have diabetes than people living in the United Kingdom.
#37 Today, people living in Puerto Rico have a greater life expectancy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expectancy) than people living in the United States do.
#38 According to OECD statistics, Americans are twice as obese (http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_obe-health-obesity) as Canadians are.
#39 Greece has twice as many hospital beds (http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=HEALTH) per person as the United States does.
#40 The state of California now ranks dead last (http://www.businessinsider.com/why-california-is-the-next-greece-2010-05#california-has-americas-fewest-7-emergency-rooms-per-one-million-people-6) out of all 50 states in the number of emergency rooms per million people.
I've made it a point to have as little interaction with this system as I possibly can. I am convinced my health depends on avoiding this system at all costs. I hope it collapses soon so maybe I can use whatever replaces it.
Hatha
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/50-signs-that-the-u-s-health-care-system-is-a-gigantic-money-making-scam-that-is-about-to-collapse
Here are some of the more interesting ones:
#20 According to a survey conducted by the Doctor Patient Medical Association, 83 percent (http://dailycaller.com/2012/07/09/report-83-percent-of-doctors-have-considered-quitting-over-obamacare/) of all doctors in the United States have considered leaving the profession because of Obamacare.
#21 Approximately 16,000 (http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/12-incredible-obamacare-quotes-that-show-that-our-wretched-healthcare-system-is-headed-directly-into-the-toilet) new IRS agents will be hired to help oversee the implementation of Obamacare, and the Obama administration has given the IRS 500 million extra dollars (http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/health-reform-implementation/220475-white-house-has-diverted-500m-to-irs-to-implement-health-law) "outside the normal appropriations process" to help the IRS with their new duties.
#22 During 2013, Americans will spend more than 280 billion dollars (http://healthland.time.com/2013/02/20/bitter-pill-why-medical-bills-are-killing-us/8/) on prescription drugs.
#23 Prescription drugs cost about 50% more (http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=5406&type=0) in the United States than they do in other countries.
#24 In the United States today, prescription painkillers kill more Americans than heroin and cocaine combined (http://www.naturalnews.com/037299_prescription_painkillers_heroin_fatalities. html).
#25 Nearly half of all Americans (http://www.naturalnews.com/029664_prescription_drugs_Americans.html) now use prescription drugs on a regular basis according to the CDC. Not only that, the CDC also says that approximately one-third of all Americans use two or more pharmaceutical drugs on a regular basis, and more than ten percent of all Americans use five or more pharmaceutical drugs on a regular basis.
#26 The percentage of women taking antidepressants in America is higher (http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-medicated-americans) than in any other country in the world.
#27 In 2010, the average teen in the U.S. was taking 1.2 central nervous system drugs (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/wp/2012/07/03/maybe-we-should-blame-teenagers-for-our-health-spending-problems/). Those are the kinds of drugs which treat conditions such as ADHD and depression.
#35 In America today, you are 64 times more likely (http://www.naturalnews.com/038889_doctors_guns_statistics.html) to be killed by a doctor than you are by a gun.
#36 People living in the United States are three times more likely (http://www.businessinsider.com/depressing-facts-about-healthcare-system-2011-6#compared-to-the-british-americans-are-three-times-as-likely-to-have-diabetes-17) to have diabetes than people living in the United Kingdom.
#37 Today, people living in Puerto Rico have a greater life expectancy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expectancy) than people living in the United States do.
#38 According to OECD statistics, Americans are twice as obese (http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_obe-health-obesity) as Canadians are.
#39 Greece has twice as many hospital beds (http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=HEALTH) per person as the United States does.
#40 The state of California now ranks dead last (http://www.businessinsider.com/why-california-is-the-next-greece-2010-05#california-has-americas-fewest-7-emergency-rooms-per-one-million-people-6) out of all 50 states in the number of emergency rooms per million people.
I've made it a point to have as little interaction with this system as I possibly can. I am convinced my health depends on avoiding this system at all costs. I hope it collapses soon so maybe I can use whatever replaces it.
Hatha