The failure of America’s health care system

america's health care system is in trouble. More money is spent on health care in the U.S. than any other country in the world. Our terminally privatized and competitive health system is the most expensive, yielding some of the poorest results. health care spending is spiraling out of control, and our attempts to forestall this waking giant have proved ineffective. According to the most recent figures of the Congressional Budget Office, almost seven percent of our gross domestic product was spent on Medicare and Medicaid in the year 2004. "American [health care] is characterized by both feast and famine: it leads the world in delivering high-tech medical miracles but leaves 45 million people uninsured." David Broder, of the Washington Post ascertains that costs for health care are rising at a rate four times faster than wages in america. Rising private-health insurance costs are being differed to employers, which are then shifting the cost onto the employees via higher premiums or lower wages. Increases in insurance premiums are decreasing the availability of employment-linked insurance plans.