How do healthcare costs compare around the world? Photograph: Alamy
By Simon Rogers
The US spends more than any other country in the world on healthcare – but how does it really compare? Every country in the world’s health spending detailed
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How do we fund our healthcare? As the US reacts to the latest supreme court ruling on President Obama’s proposals, and the media’s attention turns to how individual states will enforce the new proposals, we thought it would be interesting to take a step back and see how the US compares to other countries across the world.
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