US spends 2.1 trillion a year on healthcare
700 billion of that does not go towards improving peoples health, it all goes to administrative costs for tests and treatments that aren't necessary
Half of all patients don't receive proper treatment
57% don't receive proper care
About 18,000 people die each year because they don't have insurance.
We spend about 7000$ a year a person for health insurance and healthcare, we still are ranked 42nd in life expectancy.
%80 of people say that healthcare system needs an overhaul, so people do think we need change.
People are hesitant towards a socialized medicine system because of power and money.
It is fight between social responsibilities and individual responsibility.
If the economy looks good, we may have a decent change in the healthcare system in '09.
Some people say that there are not enough doctors for everyone to have healthcare.
Some states realize that the federal government doesn't have the stomach for healthcare, so they do things by themselves.
Uninsured people cause the system 30 billion dollars every year.
A system that paid doctors extra who do more and better than the average doctor is a system that works well in the UK.
A lot of money goes into the cost of paperwork that has to be dealt with because of private insurers and the likes.
Some people are concerned with people who smoke or don't exercise because they will need to be paid for by people who do smoke.
A system of socialized medicine may be able to lower that because more non-smoking awareness will be published and brought up.
