Any way you slice it, America has the most expensive health care in the world. Whether you look per user, per procedure, or per outcome, we pay way more than other countries, whether they have private or public healthcare systems (Obamacare depends on private insurance, competition between insurers, and a larger pool of insured to try to lower cost).
This great piece by Ezra Klein shows how ludicrous America’s health-care prices are in 21 graphs:
21 graphs that show America’s health-care prices are ludicrous.
