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Health care: Paying more, getting what?

So here's a pop quiz: Which of the following countries spends the most public money on health care? Canada, France, Germany, Japan, The Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom or the United States.

The answer is the United States

It is true that, as a percentage of health care spending, the U.S. is more “private” than these other countries

But health care is so hugely more expensive in the U.S. than in these other countries that our 45 percent adds up to more dollars, person for person

In fact, if you look closely at this chart, you’ll see that we are already paying more, through our taxes, than Japan and England spend on their entire health care systems—and almost as much as they’re paying in France and Germany.

Did I mention that we are the only country on this list that does not have universal health care?