Comments on: USA Health Care Spending 2013: $2.9 trillion $9,255 per person and 17.4% of GDP http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2015/03/17/usa-health-care-spending-2013-2-9-trillion-9255-per-person-and-17-4-of-gdp/ Thu, 09 Mar 2017 17:20:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.3 By: Deming’s Ideas Applied at Intermountain Healthcare Since 1988 « The W. Edwards Deming Institute Blog http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2015/03/17/usa-health-care-spending-2013-2-9-trillion-9255-per-person-and-17-4-of-gdp/comment-page-1/#comment-22217 Mon, 27 Feb 2017 18:15:51 +0000 http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/?p=2220#comment-22217 […] individuals and components of the USA healthcare system but at the overall system level it is still a huge problem for the economy of the USA and for millions of individuals forced to interact with that system in ways that are extremely […]

]]> By: Decades Later The USA Health Care System is Still a Deadly Disease for Our Economy » Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2015/03/17/usa-health-care-spending-2013-2-9-trillion-9255-per-person-and-17-4-of-gdp/comment-page-1/#comment-22126 Wed, 30 Mar 2016 13:50:45 +0000 http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/?p=2220#comment-22126 […] Health care is extremely expensive everywhere. But in the USA the health care system is twice as costly as other rich countries. […]

]]> By: thefattomato http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2015/03/17/usa-health-care-spending-2013-2-9-trillion-9255-per-person-and-17-4-of-gdp/comment-page-1/#comment-22031 Sun, 12 Apr 2015 13:38:05 +0000 http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/?p=2220#comment-22031 Healthcare costs are dependent on healthcare needs, and the US has more healthcare needs than other western countries because the US is so morbidly obese, which leads to a great many healthcare needs that other countries do not need to overcome, and therefore do not need to pay for.
As for the main point of this article, US healthcare may not be a great value for money proposition, but it is order of magnitudes better value for money than US economists or their friends the investment bankers who have managed to produce nothing of value in the last three hundred years, and who’s economic experiments like sub-prime mortgages cost a great deal more than one trillion dollars a year in lost productivity.

]]> By: Shrey S http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2015/03/17/usa-health-care-spending-2013-2-9-trillion-9255-per-person-and-17-4-of-gdp/comment-page-1/#comment-22030 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 17:47:33 +0000 http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/?p=2220#comment-22030 This is a great post – very informative and insightful, thanks a lot for it. Would you care to read a 14 year old (me!) ‘s blog about finance and economics? Follows and sharing to your friends is greatly appreciated by this beginner 🙂

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