In 2007, before the crash, after 10 years of New Labour, the U.S. spent 15% of its GDP on healthcare. German 10%, the Netherlands 9%.
The UK spent 7.4%.
In fact it's over the last 10 years that the UK has begun to catch up with the rest of Europe.
http://imgur.com/mUI9oWil.png
Netherlands 81.6
U.K. 81.2
Germany 81.1
USA 78.6
https://data.oecd.org/healthstat/life-expectancy-at-birth.ht...
In 2007, before the crash, after 10 years of New Labour, the U.S. spent 15% of its GDP on healthcare. German 10%, the Netherlands 9%.
The UK spent 7.4%.
In fact it's over the last 10 years that the UK has begun to catch up with the rest of Europe.
http://imgur.com/mUI9oWil.png