Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Status Quo of Health Care is Fine, Right?

I don't think many believe this, but considering the number of people in Congress who are willing to vote against health care (all Republicans and even a few Democrats), they must obviously think so. Because we have reached the point where there are only two choices — pass the health care bills that currently exist, or stay with the status quo. Here is what the status quo looks like compared to other industrialized countries:
(Reuters) "The United States spends more on healthcare than any other country in the world but has higher rates of infant mortality, diabetes and other ills than many other developed countries."