America Has World's Most Expensive Health Care Cost

Before starting my article I will like to say a few words about health.

"Every human being is the author of his own health or disease."
"He, who has health, has hope. And he, who has hope, has everything."
"It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver."

President Obama has decided along with Congress to take out the public option clause of the new health care reform bill. Harry Reid is saying that the states can leave the public option in and have a compromise on to include it in their state's health care plan.   The president has repeatedly said in his public speeches concerning health care that Americans did not have to change their health care plan if they were happy with it. The Obama Administration has also said that with rising health care costs because of noncompetitive private insurance if the government does nothing at all, the health care system would not improve.

Forbes publication reports that globally, the United States has the highest health care cost worldwide in  comparison with other international countries. One may say the health care cost is high in the United States because of the higher cost of living in the western world. Forbes publication stated the statistics in comparison with each country's gross national product with percentages of the cost of health care In that respect, the comparison should be adequate and accurate to say the United States spend more on health care than any country  worldwide.

Canada Health Care Costs

Canada already has a program that mixes the private health care with the public health care costs. Most of Canada's population vied for the public health care program. The Canada's health care costs accounts for 10.1% of the Gross National Product (GNP)

U.K provides a centralized mainly public health care system to its citizens. The public health care system of the UK is called the National Health Service. The private insurance supplements the public health care system. The U.K.'s care account for 8.4 of the Gross National Product (GNP)

Russia mixes the public health care costs with the private insurers. The public clinics offer free services but the waits are long for service and the service is limited. Russia's health care costs accounts for 5 % of the Gross National Product (GNP)

Japan insurance or health plan coverage is by public medical insurance programs. The families are required to pay 50% of the premiums and the rest of the health care costs is usually picked up by the employer. Japan's health care cost accounts for 7.9% of the Gross National Product (GNP)

China insurance or health plan coverage is a patchwork of very limited socialized insurance. The insurance health care plan is paid for by the employers, the state and the individuals. The middle class usually finds itself in a position to add private health care coverage. Most of the people who live in the rural part of China and who are poor pay for health care cost out of pocket. China's health care costs accounts for 4.5% of the Gross National Product (GNP)

Germany residents have a health care system of quasi-public and a smorgasbord of private insurance providers. Germany health care costs accounts for 10.4% of the Gross National Product (GNP)

France health insurance program is state-run and provides care even to those who can not afford it. France's health care costs accounts for 11% of the Gross National Product (GNP)

Italy health care program consists of a national health care plan. The health care program provides hospital and medical benefits. Italy's health care costs accounts for 8.7% of the Gross National Product (GNP)

India health care program consists of a public spending health care system that most people have to rely on a fee-for-service care. Insurance companies which are mostly private have made little inroads into the India's health care system. India health care costs accounts for 4.9% of the Gross National Product (GNP)

United States health care system as it stands before any government reformation, has basically a privately financed system. The health care system includes the government run Medicare and Medicaid which provides care for the elderly and for the poor. The United States health care system accounts for 16% of the Gross National Product (GNP)