33 Million Americans Still Don’t Have Health Insurance (That's 10% of the population.)

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19. Which coincidentally is the same number of Canadians who do (That's 100% of the population)

Some more fun facts comparing Canada to the US


Yearly spending on healthcare -- Canada $137.3 billion -- US $3.8 trillion

Per capita government spending on healthcare -- Canada $5,988 -- US $9,403

Percentage of GDP spent on healthcare -- Canada 11.6% -- US 16%


The interesting number is yearly spending on healthcare This is the total amount of money spent in the health sector including insurance companies, hospitals and HMOs and drug companies

The US spends 27.67 times more on healthcare all in than Canada but the US government still spends almost twice as much on healthcare than Canada through Medicare and Medicaid

This is why Americans will never have an affordable national health care plan for the poor and working poor unless Medicare and Medicaid is expanded

Healthcare is an industry in the US, a $3.8 Trillion cash cow for insurance companies, medical supply companies and private HMOs

In Canada hospitals are publically owned and financed While insurance companies are barred by law from insuring basic medicalcare They can do cosmetic and travel insurance but that's it