This is off-topic, but the US does spend billions on health care. Take a look at http://wikileaks.org/leak/crs/RL34175.pdf http://wikileaks.org/leak/crs/RL34175

This is off-topic, but the US does spend billions on health care. Take a look at http://wikileaks.org/leak/crs/RL34175.pdf http://wikileaks.org/leak/crs/RL34175.pdf (Congressional Research Service RL34175). In 2004 the US spent 15.3% of GDP on health care, more than any other developed country. Of this, almost 44% was public money. Switzerland was #2 with 11.6% (58% public), and the OECD median was 8.8% (74% public). The US is unusual in that it spends as much public money per capita as most OECD countries do, and then turns around and spends even more private money. Is US health care really worth spending that extra 6-7% of GDP? The life-expectancy figures don't support it. The main benefit seems to be that US patients don't have to wait as long for operations as those in other countries do.