We Are Sick People

Americans 'sicker' than their English counterparts

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The health of the richest people in the US is as poor as the worst educated, lowest paid among the English."

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The World Fact Book from the the CIA shows that the GDP - per capita is $30,900 in the UK. The Fact Book also shows "The US has the largest and most technologically powerful economy in the world, with a per capita GDP of $42,000." from this it is reasonable to assume that Americans are richer than their UK counter parts.

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"Researchers say this may come down to a matter of money. In the US $5274 is spent per capita on medical care while in UK, taking both nationally funded and private healthcare into account, that number is just $2164."

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One of the reasons often cited by the Addict Bush's administration is "that is simply costs too much" the number above helps to disprove this as the US spends more than twice as much per capita as the UK and is less healthy. Not to mention that 45,800,000 people in the US don't have healthcare unlike the universal coverage in the UK and finally that those without healthcare are less like to seek preventative medicine and don't visit the doctor until the need (and the price) are catastrophic.

So clearly the we can't afford it argument is non-sense and the it would cause a healthcare crisis is wrong because the people of the UK are healthier, so why is a universal healthcare plan for the US the not the only logical choice?