A new infographic by National Geographic shows just how much
money per person the U.S. government invests in the system…and
how little it gets for that investment. Just how bad is the
health care system in the United States? Canada invests a bit
more than half as much as the U.S. per capita, and gets more
average life expectancy for its investment. The problem? Overall
cost, access to services and a lack of accountability for those
results. (Click the chart to the right to see the entire
infographic. Each nation is shown with its per capita investment
compared to its average life expectancy.) While the U.S. is the
most pronounced example of a downward slope, you’ll notice other
nations have similar problems: Switzerland, Luxembourg and
Denmark are all getting less bang for their buck, while Mexico,
Portugal and New Zealand reap more than the rest. There’s
another interesting aspect to the infographic, too: the
thickness of the line denotes how frequent a citizen vists the
doctor. Surprisingly, the average Ame