3. The Healthcare System is interesting. The US simply pay a lot more than all other industrialized nations (and still everyone isn't covered). These two graph

3. The Healthcare System is interesting. The US simply pay a lot more than all other industrialized nations (and still everyone isn't covered). These two graphs are quite telling: http://www.rwjf.org/images/pr/thumbs/full/45110.jpg http://www.rwjf.org/images/pr/thumbs/full/45110.jpg http://media.economist.com/images/20090627/CBB677.gif http://media.economist.com/images/20090627/CBB677.gif I think the problem is manifold, but here are some things that may be problematic (please let me know if you agree or disagree): # Doctors risk getting sued for maltreatment, and thus they prescribe all possible medications, take too many samples and generally spend too much resources. # On the same note, they also pay large insurances against lawsuits, increasing the costs further. # Medicine prices are higher in the US, for reasons I don't fully understand.