Health Care Stories from Americans in Canada

Canadians lead longer, healthier lives than Americans

Research by David Feenie of Kaiser Permanente Health Research, strongly suggests what we in Canada know to be true- Universal Healthcare works!

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-04/bc-cll042710.php

McKinsey Study on US Health Care Costs

Fascinating studies on health care costs.

It looks like Americans spend more on health care than they do on food. And they spend more on health care than China spends on all goods.

The telling piece is that 40% of the 2+ trillion dollars is spent on outpatient care. Same day care for treatments that do not require a hospital stay. A nation of hypochondriacs? Or worse yet how about insurance fraud? Why would outpatient care be so high?