Jun 15, 2017 ... That's about 18 percent of the country's total GDP, meaning that one out of every  ... The national doctor bill dwarfs anything else we spend money on, ... For most  people, the vast majority of all the health care they'll ever get comes near the  hour of death. ... The Super-Users of America's Health-Care System.
The American healthcare system burns 18 percent of our national GDP. Nobody  else is close. — PolitiFact Rhode Island on Sunday, November 20th, 2011.
America's health-care system is insanely expensive and, in many ways, pretty  terrible. ... November 18, 2013. Welcome ... No one else spends even 12 percent.  ... Obamacare fix could add millions of dollars in government costs. .... "Our main  yardstick for the health of the economy is G.D.P. growth, a concept devised in the  ...
Oct 24, 2012 ... There is no one villain in the battle against rising health care costs. ... than any  other country, exceeding $2.6 trillion, or about 18 percent of gross domestic  product. ... of why the U.S. health care system is so expensive and some possible  ... Tuesday: What steps can you take to make your next hospital stay ...
Apr 25, 2018 ... Atul Gawande — cancer surgeon, public-health researcher, and ... per capita  than any other country: it totals about 18 percent of our G.D.P. ... I feel like I would  have totally burned out on my medical-practice .... GAWANDE: Well, I'll just add  on one more thing which is that, we will spend 0.6 percent of G.D.P. ...
The American healthcare system burns 18 percent of our national GDP. Nobody else is close.