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<blockquote data-quote="Dark Horse" data-source="post: 1345117" data-attributes="member: 52527"><p>Americans pay far more in tax for healthcare than people in the UK do. This is in addition to the money they pay for health insurance. If you look at the OECD data for 2015, you can see that the USA spends $9451 per person on healthcare whereas the UK spends only $4003. <a href="http://www.oecd.org/els/health-systems/health-data.htm" target="_blank">http://www.oecd.org/els/health-systems/health-data.htm</a> This money comes from taxes. The NHS is much more efficient than the US healthcare system. The reason that the NHS appears cash-strapped is that it continually aims for better outcomes while keeping costs down.</p><p></p><p>Despite paying less than half the amount that US citizens do, the quality of heathcare in the UK outstrips that in the USA. In 2014, the US-based Commonwealth Fund ranked 11 wealthy countries' healthcare systems - the UK came top overall, the USA came bottom and, what's more, the UK beat the USA on every standard that was looked at. You can scroll down for the table here:- <a href="http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/fund-reports/2014/jun/mirror-mirror" target="_blank">http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/fund-reports/2014/jun/mirror-mirror</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dark Horse, post: 1345117, member: 52527"] Americans pay far more in tax for healthcare than people in the UK do. This is in addition to the money they pay for health insurance. If you look at the OECD data for 2015, you can see that the USA spends $9451 per person on healthcare whereas the UK spends only $4003. [URL]http://www.oecd.org/els/health-systems/health-data.htm[/URL] This money comes from taxes. The NHS is much more efficient than the US healthcare system. The reason that the NHS appears cash-strapped is that it continually aims for better outcomes while keeping costs down. Despite paying less than half the amount that US citizens do, the quality of heathcare in the UK outstrips that in the USA. In 2014, the US-based Commonwealth Fund ranked 11 wealthy countries' healthcare systems - the UK came top overall, the USA came bottom and, what's more, the UK beat the USA on every standard that was looked at. You can scroll down for the table here:- [URL]http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/fund-reports/2014/jun/mirror-mirror[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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