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Per capita health care spending (2007):
United States: $7290
Switzerland: $4417
France: $3601
United Kingdom: $2992
Average of OECD developed nations: $2964
Italy: $2686
Japan: $2581
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The text of HR676 (Medicare For All) as PDF (30 pages). The FAQ. Compare HR3200 with HR676.
Medicare for All would save $350 billion a year (study in New England Journal of Medicine).
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Oh, if only it were true. One thing is for sure, BO hasn't
"change"d a bit. Still throwing that hope and change line out there, stringing people along. I would love to see how many folks actually get a job out of this effort.
I love this job!
I love this job!
Why is that for sure?
He hasn't even started the job yet. "Hope, but verify" is my watchword.
Though the website may well be a place where résumés go to die, no doubt many of Obama's champions will find work in DC. I imagine a PB1.0 blogger or two will be among them. Your truly? Probably not.