Are These Facts About American Health Care True?

clipped from pleasecutthecrap.typepad.com -- The United States is the only industrialized nation in the world in which a citizen can get sick and lose everything they've worked for their entire life. More than half of all bankruptcies list health care bills as a cause. -- The United States is the only industrialized nation in the world in which people die because they can't afford a doctor. -- The United States is the only industrialized nation in the world in which those most likely to need medical care are currently actually forbidden pay into it. People who actually need health care are actually refused coverage. -- The United States is the only country in the world in which a private, for-profit insurance company can overrule a doctor-patient treatment decision, and leave both doctor and patient with no recourse. -- The United States pays far more per capita for health care than any other country in the world, even though nearly a quarter of the population is not covered at any given time.