It works in every other developed nation on the planet AND we spend close to 50% per capita you do right now.
You spend so much on Medicare/Medicaid because of your system; the US government is simply just a big employer.
The idea that the US is somehow operating under a different set of rules for basic math is mind boggling to me.
spain, greece, germany, france, cyprus and 99% of all socialist countries have declining economies, high unemployment rate, high taxes, ZERO innovation, etc. Hey but they have free health care! horay for socialism!
See here: http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/06/her...
You HAVE to provide universal health care because there are NO jobs in your pathetic country.
You were saying?
% of gov't employees in the US is only 15% of our labor force. Considering the size of our country, military, etc. that figure is small compared to Canada's labor force-gov't employee ratio.
NICE TRY ;)
I get it that you're proud of your universal healthcare system. I honestly wish we have one but the issue is COST. if you can think of a way to implement universal healthcare without bankrupting our country i want to hear it.