Does the US spend more public money (i.e. tax/capita) on Health Care than other developed countries?
Clash Royale CLAN TAG #URR8PPP up vote 105 down vote favorite 11 The author John Green on a YouTube post Why are American Health Care costs so high? makes the (referenced) claim that US public health expenditure per capita, is higher than most other developed countries - even where those countries then provide free healthcare. Wittily put as: First I have to blow your mind. [...] That's right Hank: you pay more in taxes for healthcare than you would if you were British, and in exchange for those taxes, you get no healthcare. A second source is here referenced in the video: Issues in International Health Policy The situation may have changed of course since the video was published in 2013. [As an addendum, the above reference, states that healthcare outcomes are not significantly better or worse in the US.] united-states healthcare public-health share | improve this question edited Sep 2 at 0:19 Martin Schröder 466 1 5 13 asked Aug 31 at 7:0