One study on health care data from 1999 showed that each American paid about $1,059 per year just in overhead costs for health care; in Canada, the per capita cost was $307. Wouldn’t lowering overhead costs be an obviously positive outcome? One study suggests that about 1.8 million jobs would be rendered unnecessary if America adopted a public health care financing system. That word might better describe not what could happen to jobs under Medicare for all but what the health care industry is doing to many Americans today. Researchers identified a number of potential factors, including tobacco use, obesity and psychological stress, but two of the leading causes can be pinned directly on the peculiarities and dysfunctions of American health care.

Source: New York Times December 04, 2019 20:19 UTC