On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 01:21:18 -0700, Slime wrote:

>> The US spends 16% of our GDP on healthcare.  That's more than we spend
>> on defense, and we're fighting in Iraq *and* Afghanastan!
> 
> 
> Isn't much of that money going to the people who provide the healthcare?

Yep.

> Doesn't that motivate them to provide the best services possible?

Doesn't seem to have, given that the WHO ranks us as #37 for quality of 
care.

Jim

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