[DanBC]

A point about under funding: the US government ( not including private insurance) pays more for health care than the UK government.

[travmatt]

It's not particularly surprising that a country several times larger than another pays more money for health care. Are you saying the per capita cost is higher?

[tchaffee]

Per capita medical costs in the US are double that of most Western countries. Both private and public.

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/health-costs-how-the-us-...

[travmatt]

This would seem a good statistic to cite when trying to show the comparative inefficiency of the American system.