Samhain
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No, it's a cherry picking and misrepresenting. Not only that, France is just as similar, and they rank rather well.
Look at their costs:
But it is not as expensive as the U.S. system, which is the world's most costly. The United States spends about twice as much as France on health care. In 2005, U.S. spending came to $6,400 per person. In France, it was $3,300.
Health Care Lessons From France : NPR
You also misrepresent in suggesting health care is the reason countries are going broke. Often it is other issues that are dragging the country down. In some cases our own financial mess and idea of predatory lending reached overseas. But the fact remains, they spend less. Ad you never answered why you don't want more of your money.
I think US healthcare spending is exaggerated by the extensive use of unneeded exploratory procedures.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/02/h...-health-expenditures.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0