These are UK figures. These are good as they have a standard delivery of care from cradle to grave therefore we can see that using direct comparison of healthcare delivery.



As you can see healthcare from for 65 -85 costs over 200% of the average and for above 85 it is over 500% of the average.

This explains so medicare costs...

Malpractice Around the World

We will be featuring an upcoming series on health care in other countries that is pretty much going to dispel the myth that if it ain’t American it is socialized.

There are many ah ha moments here for how other countries handle their malpractice claims.

United States
In the US, medical malpractice law traditionally has been under the authority of the states, not the federal government, as it is in many other countries....

John Hawkins : 5 Liberal Lies About Obamacare - Townhall.com

1. The public option won't kill private health insurance.
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These are the latest figures. I have checked.

Are people saying FactCheck.Org is wrong. The number is a bit dated but there no reason it shouldn't hold.
In 2002 GDP was 10,000 Billion and 13.9 was spent on health.
Which gives a number of 1,390 billion spent on health in 2002.

$6 billion was given out in malpractise suits in 2002.
Source :http://www.factcheck.org/article133.html

Which gives 0.43% of total health expenditure.
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