Not to mention that the UK has a national insurance tax on top of their income tax.
And I'm sure more than 50% of workers pay income taxes, unlike here in the US.
You also have to look at our diets. We are the kings of processed shit food.
Then you have to look at the fact that we aren't allowed to take the cheaper meds the Euros can because of our FDA.
We mandate here that you can't buy a cheaper drug made in Canada that does the same thing, you have to buy from an American company that makes their drugs in Malaysia.
Certificates of need makes sure competition for healthcare is limited. Insurance bound by state limits competition...
A health care suit will remain in courts for years making everyone go through the motions of cya until the suit is settled.
Because we have to make sure the i's and t's are dotted and crossed we have more professional health care people pushing paper than caring for people.
So, drugs are controlled and choices limited, insurance is controlled and choices limited, delivery systems are controlled and choices limited, more time is spent on compliance than care and in a sue happy culture, the courts are clogged causing everyone to practice with one hand tied behind their backs.
Oh, and the FDA approved diets are killing us.