American Healthcare System Is a Joke

The American healthcare system is a joke. The sad part is how few Americans realize it. We pay almost twice as much for healthcare but have fewer doctors, fewer hospital beds, higher infant mortality, shorter lifespans, more teen pregnancies and more abortions than European countries. Plus, everyone in these countries have healthcare. 40 million Americans right now don't have healthcare and over the course of the year 90 million Americans at some point go without it. When will people start to ask why we do have to suck? Isn't America supposed to number 1?


Country Per Capita spending
Germany $2800
France $2700
Canada $2900
UK $2100
Switzerland $3400
USA $5200

Country Total GDP expenditure
Germany 10.80%
France 9.40%
Canada 9.40%
UK 7.50%
Switzerland 10.90%
USA 13.90%

Country average life span
Germany 78.6
France 79.6
Canada 80.1
UK 78.4
Switzerland 80.4
USA 77.7

Country infant mortality
Germany 4.16
France 4.26
Canada 4.75
UK 5.16
Switzerland 4.4
USA 6.5

Country doctor visits per year
Germany 6.5
France 6.9
Canada 6.3
UK 4.9
Switzerland
USA 8.9

Country hospital beds per 1000
Germany 9.2
France 8.4
Canada 3.9
UK 4.1
Switzerland 18.3
USA less 3.9

Country doctor per capita
Germany 3.3
France 3.3
Canada 2.1
UK 2.1
Switzerland 3.6
USA less 2.1

Country smoking rate
Germany less 17%
France 28.60%
Canada 18%
UK
Switzerland 25.30%
USA 18.40%

Country teen pregnancies per million
Germany 351
France 296
Canada 607
UK
Switzerland 145
USA 1671

Country abortions per 1000
Germany 1.18
France 2.65
Canada 2.15
UK 2.76
Switzerland
USA 4.09