{"id":923,"date":"2009-04-16T13:29:16","date_gmt":"2009-04-16T18:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bspcn.com\/2009\/04\/16\/20-disturbing-facts-on-us-healthcare-everybody-should-know\/"},"modified":"2009-04-16T13:29:16","modified_gmt":"2009-04-16T18:29:16","slug":"20-disturbing-facts-on-us-healthcare-everybody-should-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/2009\/04\/16\/20-disturbing-facts-on-us-healthcare-everybody-should-know\/","title":{"rendered":"20 Disturbing Facts on US Healthcare Everybody Should Know"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Written by molly<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"1) 46 Million American have NO health insurance.<\/a><\/p>\n

2) 9.4 Million children have No health insurance.<\/p>\n

3) Insurance costs are outpacing income<\/a> by eight-fold.<\/p>\n

4) Every year one Million Americans lose their coverage.<\/a><\/p>\n

5) The cost of health care causes bankruptcy every 30 seconds.<\/p>\n

6) By the end of 2009 1.5 Million people are going to lose their homes due to illness.<\/a><\/p>\n

7) America spends twice as much per person on health care as other rich countries.<\/a><\/p>\n

8) Americans spent $2.2 Trillion on health care in 2008.<\/p>\n

9) 1\/3 of the US population under age 65 has NO health insurance.<\/p>\n

10) US Health care costs are twice the GDP of India.<\/p>\n

11) Americans life expectancy is 2 years less than Europeans.<\/p>\n

12) Projected health care costs by 2012 are $3.1 Trillion a year.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"13) Health care cost are 4 times higher than our national defense.<\/p>\n

14) America spent 17% of it’s GDP on health care in 2008.<\/p>\n

15) By 2017 Americans will be spending 20% of GDP on health care.<\/p>\n

16) France spends 9.5% of GDP on health care, Switzerland spends 10.9%, Canada spends 9.7%, every person in those countries has health insurance.<\/a><\/p>\n

17) Premiums for employer based health care went up by 5% in 2008, small employers premiums went up 5.5%, small business with less than 24 workers went up 6.8%.<\/p>\n

18) Annual premiums for family coverage eclipsed the gross earnings for a full time, minimum wage worker ($10, 712) per year.<\/p>\n

19) Health insurance is the fastest growing expense cost component for employers, health care costs will over take profits.<\/p>\n

20) Health insurance premiums have grown four times faster than wages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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