Friday, May 13, 2011

Why Your Stitches Cost $1,500 – Part One

The United States has fallen behind other nations, failing to provide affordable health care to its citizens. Americans spend $477 billion a year MORE on health care than other advanced countries. So why do we pay so much compared to other wealthy nations? This infographic is part one in a two part series which dissects the state of our health care system and presents some alarming numbers.

http://www.medicalbillingandcoding.org/medical-costs-1/