Cord - Healthcare - A quote
Here are the bullets on American healthcare you should know (source KPCB.cm, USA Inc.) :
- More Americans on government healthcare programs than ever : 1 in 50 received Medicaid in 1965. 1 in 6 in 2009
- Medicaid enrollment up 12X and benefits have increased 4X since 1966
-Enrollment has grown faster than the population over 40 years (12X vs 1.6X)
-Healthcare costs rising: 1.2% to 8.2% of GDP from 1960 to 2008, respectively (or 7X increase)
-We outspend other nations in healthcare: US healthcare spending equals all 34 OECD countries (our Western World peer group) combined
-Yet this investment not paying off: the US ranks #1 in MRIs, #30 in obesity and #22 in heart attack
And it won't get better somehow : Aging population+declining work support. Case study #1: Japan. Case study #2: Greece
Sonnet attends traffic school for various driving violations : Quote from her course leader, Angie, who says, in all seriousness with an East End accent, "You may think you're going out for a drive to admire the bluebells, but it's really the Killing Fields out there".
