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Agreed. So the actual situation in the U.S. is actually worse than it is portrayed here -- which is already not a pretty picture.
by jnbiche 13y ago
Agreed. So the actual situation in the U.S. is actually worse than it is portrayed here -- which is already not a pretty picture.
- twoodfin 13y agoIt's really not that bad. The U.S. / French per capita difference in 2010 looks to have been about $5000, if I squint at the graph. That's $20,000 after taxes for a family of four. U.S. out-of-pocket costs for health care[1] and education[2] aren't nearly that high, especially if, as the article claims, they're only counting real cash income and not employee-paid health premiums and other benefits. [1] http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cesan.nr0.htm http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cesan.nr0.htm [2] https://www.salliemae.com/assets/Core/how-America-pays/howamericapays2013.pdf https://www.salliemae.com/assets/Core/how-America-pays/howam...