Report: U.S. health care system is a liability - Americans spend more but aren't as healthy

[BridgeTheGap]

WASHINGTON - If the global economy were a 100-yard dash, the U.S. would start 23 yards behind its closest competitors because of health care that costs too much and delivers too little, a business group says in a report to be released Thursday.

The report from the Business Roundtable, which represents CEOs of major companies, says America's health care system has become a liability in a global economy.

Concern about high U.S. costs has existed for years, and business executives — whose companies provide health coverage for workers — have long called for getting costs under control. Now President Barack Obama says the costs have become unsustainable and the system must be overhauled.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29641091

[area51]

1. Kick on this lfe-and-death issue. (n/t)

[tooeyeten]

2. Single pay system

That's the only way to go, knock out the insurance companies to start, they have bankrupted health care in this country.