Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

[geezer]

Zeev, your basic point is correct but you exaggerate the difference in health care costs. The latest OECD figures (2002) show U.S. spending 14.6% of GDP with Canada at 9.6%.

On a per capita level, in US$, the U.S spends $5267 while Canada spends $2931. Pharmaceutical spending (per capita) is $673 in U.S. compared to $485 in Canada.

See: http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/3/62/31938359.pdf

EDIT: The U.S. also has much worse child mortality rates than other OECD countries.