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In the United States, the three levels of government spend more taxpayer money ($US 7,350/person) to provide healthcare to less than half the population than Canada does ($6,700) to cover everyone in the country. And Canada gets better results. ⸤1111a⸥
Healthcare Spending in the United States and Canada (All values in US dollars) US: $17,000/person | Canada: $6,700/person US spending breakdown Public Sector (Federal and state governments, 2024): • $866 B on Medicare to cover 62 million; $13,675/person • $900 B on Medicaid to cover 84 million; $10,380/person • $71 B on Veteran’s Health to cover 6.3 million; $11,269/veteran • $23 B on CHIP (Children) to cover 3.2 million; $7190/child • $7 B on IHA (Indian Health) to cover 1.6 million; $4,375/person $1.9 T to cover 157 million people ($12,100/beneficiary; $5,588/capita) • $600 B State and local government expenditures $2.5 T to cover 330 million people in the States legally; $7,350/capita Private Sector: • $2.8 T private insurance and out-of-pocket; $8,240/capita Overall Expenditure: • $5.8 T total healthcare spending for 340 million people; $17,059/capita Total US spending is $17,000/person, including taxes, private insurance premiums, copays, deductibles and insurer profit. Canada spending breakdown • $6,480 ($US)/person universal single-payer program • $6,700 ($US)/person total, including dental, pharmaceuticals, eyeglasses, hearing aids Canada has better outcomes ✅ +3.4 years life expectancy ✅ 26% lower infant mortality ✅ 30% lower under-5 mortality ✅ 50% lower maternal mortality ✅ 26% lower age-standardized cancer mortality (deaths per 100,000) ✅ 30% lower age-standardized heart disease mortality (deaths per 100,000) ✅ 42% lower obesity prevalence (adults, BMI ≥ 30) BOTTOM LINE: Canada as a whole spends less per capita ($US 6,700) to cover 100% of its population than the various US governments spend ($US 7,350) to cover about half its population, while getting better outcomes.
November 11, 2025 at 6:54 AM
sandilands.bsky.social
In the United States, the three levels of government spend more taxpayer money ($US 7,350/person) to provide healthcare to less than half the population than Canada does ($6,700) to cover everyone in the country. And Canada gets better results. ⸤1110g⸥
Healthcare Spending in the United States and Canada (All values in US dollars) US: $17,000/person | Canada: $6,700/person US spending breakdown Public Sector (Federal and state governments, 2024): • $866 B on Medicare to cover 62 million; $13,675/person • $900 B on Medicaid to cover 84 million; $10,380/person • $71 B on Veteran’s Health to cover 6.3 million; $11,269/veteran • $23 B on CHIP (Children) to cover 3.2 million; $7190/child • $7 B on IHA (Indian Health) to cover 1.6 million; $4,375/person $1.9 T to cover 157 million people ($12,100/beneficiary; $5,588/capita) • $600 B State and local government expenditures $2.5 T to cover 330 million people in the States legally; $7,350/capita Private Sector: • $2.8 T private insurance and out-of-pocket; $8,240/capita Overall Expenditure: • $5.8 T total healthcare spending for 340 million people; $17,059/capita Total US spending is $17,000/person, including taxes, private insurance premiums, copays, deductibles and insurer profit. Canada spending breakdown • $6,480 ($US)/person universal single-payer program • $6,700 ($US)/person total, including dental, pharmaceuticals, eyeglasses, hearing aids Canada has better outcomes ✅ +3.4 years life expectancy ✅ 26% lower infant mortality ✅ 30% lower under-5 mortality ✅ 50% lower maternal mortality ✅ 26% lower age-standardized cancer mortality (deaths per 100,000) ✅ 30% lower age-standardized heart disease mortality (deaths per 100,000) ✅ 42% lower obesity prevalence (adults, BMI ≥ 30) BOTTOM LINE: Canada as a whole spends less per capita ($US 6,700) to cover 100% of its population than the various US governments spend ($US 7,350) to cover about half its population, while getting better outcomes.
November 11, 2025 at 12:52 AM
sandilands.bsky.social
In the United States, the three levels of government spend more taxpayer money ($US 7,350/person) to provide healthcare to less than half the population than Canada does ($6,700) to cover everyone in the country. And Canada gets better results. ‪⸤1110f⸥
Healthcare Spending in the United States and Canada (All values in US dollars) US: $17,000/person | Canada: $6,700/person US spending breakdown Public Sector (Federal and state governments, 2024): • $866 B on Medicare to cover 62 million; $13,675/person • $900 B on Medicaid to cover 84 million; $10,380/person • $71 B on Veteran’s Health to cover 6.3 million; $11,269/veteran • $23 B on CHIP (Children) to cover 3.2 million; $7190/child • $7 B on IHA (Indian Health) to cover 1.6 million; $4,375/person $1.9 T to cover 157 million people ($12,100/beneficiary; $5,588/capita) • $600 B State and local government expenditures $2.5 T to cover 330 million people in the States legally; $7,350/capita Private Sector: • $2.8 T private insurance and out-of-pocket; $8,240/capita Overall Expenditure: • $5.8 T total healthcare spending for 340 million people; $17,059/capita Total US spending is $17,000/person, including taxes, private insurance premiums, copays, deductibles and insurer profit. Canada spending breakdown • $6,480 ($US)/person universal single-payer program • $6,700 ($US)/person total, including dental, pharmaceuticals, eyeglasses, hearing aids Canada has better outcomes ✅ +3.4 years life expectancy ✅ 26% lower infant mortality ✅ 30% lower under-5 mortality ✅ 50% lower maternal mortality ✅ 26% lower age-standardized cancer mortality (deaths per 100,000) ✅ 30% lower age-standardized heart disease mortality (deaths per 100,000) ✅ 42% lower obesity prevalence (adults, BMI ≥ 30) BOTTOM LINE: Canada as a whole spends less per capita ($US 6,700) to cover 100% of its population than the various US governments spend ($US 7,350) to cover about half its population, while getting better outcomes.
November 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
sandilands.bsky.social
So sorry you have this problem. In the US, the three levels of government spend more taxpayer money ($US 7,350/person) to provide healthcare to less than half the population than Canada does ($6,700) to cover everyone in the country. And Canada gets better results. (Not that this help you 🙁)⸤1110e⸥
Healthcare Spending in the United States and Canada (All values in US dollars) US: $17,000/person | Canada: $6,700/person US spending breakdown Public Sector (Federal and state governments, 2024): • $866 B on Medicare to cover 62 million; $13,675/person • $900 B on Medicaid to cover 84 million; $10,380/person • $71 B on Veteran’s Health to cover 6.3 million; $11,269/veteran • $23 B on CHIP (Children) to cover 3.2 million; $7190/child • $7 B on IHA (Indian Health) to cover 1.6 million; $4,375/person $1.9 T to cover 157 million people ($12,100/beneficiary; $5,588/capita) • $600 B State and local government expenditures $2.5 T to cover 330 million people in the States legally; $7,350/capita Private Sector: • $2.8 T private insurance and out-of-pocket; $8,240/capita Overall Expenditure: • $5.8 T total healthcare spending for 340 million people; $17,059/capita Total US spending is $17,000/person, including taxes, private insurance premiums, copays, deductibles and insurer profit. Canada spending breakdown • $6,480 ($US)/person universal single-payer program • $6,700 ($US)/person total, including dental, pharmaceuticals, eyeglasses, hearing aids Canada has better outcomes ✅ +3.4 years life expectancy ✅ 26% lower infant mortality ✅ 30% lower under-5 mortality ✅ 50% lower maternal mortality ✅ 26% lower age-standardized cancer mortality (deaths per 100,000) ✅ 30% lower age-standardized heart disease mortality (deaths per 100,000) ✅ 42% lower obesity prevalence (adults, BMI ≥ 30) BOTTOM LINE: Canada as a whole spends less per capita ($US 6,700) to cover 100% of its population than the various US governments spend ($US 7,350) to cover about half its population, while getting better outcomes.
November 10, 2025 at 11:10 AM
sandilands.bsky.social
$550/person/mo is $6,600/person/year. Canada covers *everyone* for $US 6,700/year. In the US the three levels of government spend more taxpayer money ($US 7,350/person) to provide healthcare to less than half the population, but gets worse results than Canada.
Healthcare Spending in the United States and Canada (All values in US dollars) US: $17,000/person | Canada: $6,700/person US spending breakdown Public Sector (Federal and state governments, 2024): • $866 B on Medicare to cover 62 million; $13,675/person • $900 B on Medicaid to cover 84 million; $10,380/person • $71 B on Veteran’s Health to cover 6.3 million; $11,269/veteran • $23 B on CHIP (Children) to cover 3.2 million; $7190/child • $7 B on IHA (Indian Health) to cover 1.6 million; $4,375/person $1.9 T to cover 157 million people ($12,100/beneficiary; $5,588/capita) • $600 B State and local government expenditures $2.5 T to cover 330 million people in the States legally; $7,350/capita Private Sector: • $2.8 T private insurance and out-of-pocket; $8,240/capita Overall Expenditure: • $5.8 T total healthcare spending for 340 million people; $17,059/capita Total US spending is $17,000/person, including taxes, private insurance premiums, copays, deductibles and insurer profit. Canada spending breakdown • $6,480 ($US)/person universal single-payer program • $6,700 ($US)/person total, including dental, pharmaceuticals, eyeglasses, hearing aids Canada has better outcomes ✅ +3.4 years life expectancy ✅ 26% lower infant mortality ✅ 30% lower under-5 mortality ✅ 50% lower maternal mortality ✅ 26% lower age-standardized cancer mortality (deaths per 100,000) ✅ 30% lower age-standardized heart disease mortality (deaths per 100,000) ✅ 42% lower obesity prevalence (adults, BMI ≥ 30) BOTTOM LINE: Canada as a whole spends less per capita ($US 6,700) to cover 100% of its population than the various US governments spend ($US 7,350) to cover about half its population, while getting better outcomes.
November 10, 2025 at 10:47 AM
sandilands.bsky.social
That's outrageous! In the United States, the three levels of government spend more taxpayer money ($US 7,350/person) to provide healthcare to less than half the population than Canada does ($6,700) to cover everyone in the country. And Canada gets better results.
‪⸤1110c⸥
Healthcare Spending in the United States and Canada (All values in US dollars) US: $17,000/person | Canada: $6,700/person US spending breakdown Public Sector (Federal and state governments, 2024): • $866 B on Medicare to cover 62 million; $13,675/person • $900 B on Medicaid to cover 84 million; $10,380/person • $71 B on Veteran’s Health to cover 6.3 million; $11,269/veteran • $23 B on CHIP (Children) to cover 3.2 million; $7190/child • $7 B on IHA (Indian Health) to cover 1.6 million; $4,375/person $1.9 T to cover 157 million people ($12,100/beneficiary; $5,588/capita) • $600 B State and local government expenditures $2.5 T to cover 330 million people in the States legally; $7,350/capita Private Sector: • $2.8 T private insurance and out-of-pocket; $8,240/capita Overall Expenditure: • $5.8 T total healthcare spending for 340 million people; $17,059/capita Total US spending is $17,000/person, including taxes, private insurance premiums, copays, deductibles and insurer profit. Canada spending breakdown • $6,480 ($US)/person universal single-payer program • $6,700 ($US)/person total, including dental, pharmaceuticals, eyeglasses, hearing aids Canada has better outcomes ✅ +3.4 years life expectancy ✅ 26% lower infant mortality ✅ 30% lower under-5 mortality ✅ 50% lower maternal mortality ✅ 26% lower age-standardized cancer mortality (deaths per 100,000) ✅ 30% lower age-standardized heart disease mortality (deaths per 100,000) ✅ 42% lower obesity prevalence (adults, BMI ≥ 30) BOTTOM LINE: Canada as a whole spends less per capita ($US 6,700) to cover 100% of its population than the various US governments spend ($US 7,350) to cover about half its population, while getting better outcomes.
November 10, 2025 at 8:16 AM
sandilands.bsky.social
It's outrageous you have to spend so much on insurance. In the US, the three levels of government spend more taxpayer money ($US 7,350/person) to provide healthcare to less than half the population than Canada does ($6,700) to cover everyone in the country. And Canada gets better results.
⸤1110b⸥
Healthcare Spending in the United States and Canada (All values in US dollars) US: $17,000/person | Canada: $6,700/person US spending breakdown Public Sector (Federal and state governments, 2024): • $866 B on Medicare to cover 62 million; $13,675/person • $900 B on Medicaid to cover 84 million; $10,380/person • $71 B on Veteran’s Health to cover 6.3 million; $11,269/veteran • $23 B on CHIP (Children) to cover 3.2 million; $7190/child • $7 B on IHA (Indian Health) to cover 1.6 million; $4,375/person $1.9 T to cover 157 million people ($12,100/beneficiary; $5,588/capita) • $600 B State and local government expenditures $2.5 T to cover 330 million people in the States legally; $7,350/capita Private Sector: • $2.8 T private insurance and out-of-pocket; $8,240/capita Overall Expenditure: • $5.8 T total healthcare spending for 340 million people; $17,059/capita Total US spending is $17,000/person, including taxes, private insurance premiums, copays, deductibles and insurer profit. Canada spending breakdown • $6,480 ($US)/person universal single-payer program • $6,700 ($US)/person total, including dental, pharmaceuticals, eyeglasses, hearing aids Canada has better outcomes ✅ +3.4 years life expectancy ✅ 26% lower infant mortality ✅ 30% lower under-5 mortality ✅ 50% lower maternal mortality ✅ 26% lower age-standardized cancer mortality (deaths per 100,000) ✅ 30% lower age-standardized heart disease mortality (deaths per 100,000) ✅ 42% lower obesity prevalence (adults, BMI ≥ 30) BOTTOM LINE: Canada as a whole spends less per capita ($US 6,700) to cover 100% of its population than the various US governments spend ($US 7,350) to cover about half its population, while getting better outcomes.
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
sandilands.bsky.social
In the United States, the three levels of government spend more taxpayer money ($US 7,350/person) to provide healthcare to less than half the population than Canada does ($6,700) to cover everyone in the country. And Canada gets better results.
⸤1110a⸥
Healthcare Spending in the United States and Canada (All values in US dollars) US: $17,000/person | Canada: $6,700/person US spending breakdown Public Sector (Federal and state governments, 2024): • $866 B on Medicare to cover 62 million; $13,675/person • $900 B on Medicaid to cover 84 million; $10,380/person • $71 B on Veteran’s Health to cover 6.3 million; $11,269/veteran • $23 B on CHIP (Children) to cover 3.2 million; $7190/child • $7 B on IHA (Indian Health) to cover 1.6 million; $4,375/person $1.9 T to cover 157 million people ($12,100/beneficiary; $5,588/capita) • $600 B State and local government expenditures $2.5 T to cover 330 million people in the States legally; $7,350/capita Private Sector: • $2.8 T private insurance and out-of-pocket; $8,240/capita Overall Expenditure: • $5.8 T total healthcare spending for 340 million people; $17,059/capita Total US spending is $17,000/person, including taxes, private insurance premiums, copays, deductibles and insurer profit. Canada spending breakdown • $6,480 ($US)/person universal single-payer program • $6,700 ($US)/person total, including dental, pharmaceuticals, eyeglasses, hearing aids Canada has better outcomes ✅ +3.4 years life expectancy ✅ 26% lower infant mortality ✅ 30% lower under-5 mortality ✅ 50% lower maternal mortality ✅ 26% lower age-standardized cancer mortality (deaths per 100,000) ✅ 30% lower age-standardized heart disease mortality (deaths per 100,000) ✅ 42% lower obesity prevalence (adults, BMI ≥ 30) BOTTOM LINE: Canada as a whole spends less per capita ($US 6,700) to cover 100% of its population than the various US governments spend ($US 7,350) to cover about half its population, while getting better outcomes.
November 10, 2025 at 7:20 AM
sandilands.bsky.social
This is what it's like for *everyone* in Canada.
In the US, the three levels of government spend more taxpayer money ($US 7,350/person) to provide healthcare to less than half the population than Canada does ($6,700) to cover everyone in the country. And Canada gets better results.
⸤1109d⸥
Healthcare Spending in the United States and Canada (All values in US dollars) US: $17,000/person | Canada: $6,700/person US spending breakdown Public Sector (Federal and state governments, 2024): • $866 B on Medicare to cover 62 million; $13,675/person • $900 B on Medicaid to cover 84 million; $10,380/person • $71 B on Veteran’s Health to cover 6.3 million; $11,269/veteran • $23 B on CHIP (Children) to cover 3.2 million; $7190/child • $7 B on IHA (Indian Health) to cover 1.6 million; $4,375/person $1.9 T to cover 157 million people ($12,100/beneficiary; $5,588/capita) • $600 B State and local government expenditures $2.5 T to cover 330 million people in the States legally; $7,350/capita Private Sector: • $2.8 T private insurance and out-of-pocket; $8,240/capita Overall Expenditure: • $5.8 T total healthcare spending for 340 million people; $17,059/capita Total US spending is $17,000/person, including taxes, private insurance premiums, copays, deductibles and insurer profit. Canada spending breakdown • $6,480 ($US)/person universal single-payer program • $6,700 ($US)/person total, including dental, pharmaceuticals, eyeglasses, hearing aids Canada has better outcomes ✅ +3.4 years life expectancy ✅ 26% lower infant mortality ✅ 30% lower under-5 mortality ✅ 50% lower maternal mortality ✅ 26% lower age-standardized cancer mortality (deaths per 100,000) ✅ 30% lower age-standardized heart disease mortality (deaths per 100,000) ✅ 42% lower obesity prevalence (adults, BMI ≥ 30) BOTTOM LINE: Canada as a whole spends less per capita ($US 6,700) to cover 100% of its population than the various US governments spend ($US 7,350) to cover about half its population, while getting better outcomes.
November 10, 2025 at 6:00 AM
sandilands.bsky.social
In the United States, the three levels of government spend more taxpayer money ($US 7,350/person) to provide healthcare to less than half the population than Canada does ($6,700) to cover everyone in the country. And Canada gets better results.
⸤1109c⸥
Healthcare Spending in the United States and Canada (All values in US dollars) US: $17,000/person | Canada: $6,700/person US spending breakdown Public Sector (Federal and state governments, 2024): • $866 B on Medicare to cover 62 million; $13,675/person • $900 B on Medicaid to cover 84 million; $10,380/person • $71 B on Veteran’s Health to cover 6.3 million; $11,269/veteran • $23 B on CHIP (Children) to cover 3.2 million; $7190/child • $7 B on IHA (Indian Health) to cover 1.6 million; $4,375/person $1.9 T to cover 157 million people ($12,100/beneficiary; $5,588/capita) • $600 B State and local government expenditures $2.5 T to cover 330 million people in the States legally; $7,350/capita Private Sector: • $2.8 T private insurance and out-of-pocket; $8,240/capita Overall Expenditure: • $5.8 T total healthcare spending for 340 million people; $17,059/capita Total US spending is $17,000/person, including taxes, private insurance premiums, copays, deductibles and insurer profit. Canada spending breakdown • $6,480 ($US)/person universal single-payer program • $6,700 ($US)/person total, including dental, pharmaceuticals, eyeglasses, hearing aids Canada has better outcomes ✅ +3.4 years life expectancy ✅ 26% lower infant mortality ✅ 30% lower under-5 mortality ✅ 50% lower maternal mortality ✅ 26% lower age-standardized cancer mortality (deaths per 100,000) ✅ 30% lower age-standardized heart disease mortality (deaths per 100,000) ✅ 42% lower obesity prevalence (adults, BMI ≥ 30) BOTTOM LINE: Canada as a whole spends less per capita ($US 6,700) to cover 100% of its population than the various US governments spend ($US 7,350) to cover about half its population, while getting better outcomes.
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
sandilands.bsky.social
In the United States, the three levels of government spend more taxpayer money ($US 7,350/person) to provide healthcare to less than half the population than Canada does ($6,700) to cover everyone in the country. And Canada gets better results.
⸤1109b⸥
Healthcare Spending in the United States and Canada (All values in US dollars) US: $17,000/person | Canada: $6,700/person US spending breakdown Public Sector (Federal and state governments, 2024): • $866 B on Medicare to cover 62 million; $13,675/person • $900 B on Medicaid to cover 84 million; $10,380/person • $71 B on Veteran’s Health to cover 6.3 million; $11,269/veteran • $23 B on CHIP (Children) to cover 3.2 million; $7190/child • $7 B on IHA (Indian Health) to cover 1.6 million; $4,375/person $1.9 T to cover 157 million people ($12,100/beneficiary; $5,588/capita) • $600 B State and local government expenditures $2.5 T to cover 330 million people in the States legally; $7,350/capita Private Sector: • $2.8 T private insurance and out-of-pocket; $8,240/capita Overall Expenditure: • $5.8 T total healthcare spending for 340 million people; $17,059/capita Total US spending is $17,000/person, including taxes, private insurance premiums, copays, deductibles and insurer profit. Canada spending breakdown • $6,480 ($US)/person universal single-payer program • $6,700 ($US)/person total, including dental, pharmaceuticals, eyeglasses, hearing aids Canada has better outcomes ✅ +3.4 years life expectancy ✅ 26% lower infant mortality ✅ 30% lower under-5 mortality ✅ 50% lower maternal mortality ✅ 26% lower age-standardized cancer mortality (deaths per 100,000) ✅ 30% lower age-standardized heart disease mortality (deaths per 100,000) ✅ 42% lower obesity prevalence (adults, BMI ≥ 30) BOTTOM LINE: Canada as a whole spends less per capita ($US 6,700) to cover 100% of its population than the various US governments spend ($US 7,350) to cover about half its population, while getting better outcomes.
November 10, 2025 at 12:05 AM
sandilands.bsky.social
In the United States, the three levels of government spend more taxpayer money ($US 7,350/person) to provide healthcare to less than half the population than Canada does ($6,700) to cover everyone in the country. And Canada gets better results.
⸤1009a⸥
Healthcare Spending in the United States and Canada (All values in US dollars) US: $17,000/person | Canada: $6,700/person US spending breakdown Public Sector (Federal and state governments, 2024): • $866 B on Medicare to cover 62 million; $13,675/person • $900 B on Medicaid to cover 84 million; $10,380/person • $71 B on Veteran’s Health to cover 6.3 million; $11,269/veteran • $23 B on CHIP (Children) to cover 3.2 million; $7190/child • $7 B on IHA (Indian Health) to cover 1.6 million; $4,375/person $1.9 T to cover 157 million people ($12,100/beneficiary; $5,588/capita) • $600 B State and local government expenditures $2.5 T to cover 330 million people in the States legally; $7,350/capita Private Sector: • $2.8 T private insurance and out-of-pocket; $8,240/capita Overall Expenditure: • $5.8 T total healthcare spending for 340 million people; $17,059/capita Total US spending is $17,000/person, including taxes, private insurance premiums, copays, deductibles and insurer profit. Canada spending breakdown • $6,480 ($US)/person universal single-payer program • $6,700 ($US)/person total, including dental, pharmaceuticals, eyeglasses, hearing aids Canada has better outcomes ✅ +3.4 years life expectancy ✅ 26% lower infant mortality ✅ 30% lower under-5 mortality ✅ 50% lower maternal mortality ✅ 26% lower age-standardized cancer mortality (deaths per 100,000) ✅ 30% lower age-standardized heart disease mortality (deaths per 100,000) ✅ 42% lower obesity prevalence (adults, BMI ≥ 30) BOTTOM LINE: Canada as a whole spends less per capita ($US 6,700) to cover 100% of its population than the various US governments spend ($US 7,350) to cover about half its population, while getting better outcomes.
November 9, 2025 at 11:41 PM
sandilands.bsky.social
In the United States, the three levels of government spend more taxpayer money ($US 7,350/person) to provide healthcare to less than half the population than Canada does ($6,700) to cover everyone in the country. And Canada gets better results.
⸤1004a⸥
Healthcare Spending in the United States and Canada (All values in US dollars) US: $17,000/person | Canada: $6,700/person US spending breakdown Public Sector (Federal and state governments, 2024): • $866 B on Medicare to cover 62 million; $13,675/person • $900 B on Medicaid to cover 84 million; $10,380/person • $71 B on Veteran’s Health to cover 6.3 million; $11,269/veteran • $23 B on CHIP (Children) to cover 3.2 million; $7190/child • $7 B on IHA (Indian Health) to cover 1.6 million; $4,375/person $1.9 T to cover 157 million people ($12,100/beneficiary; $5,588/capita) • $600 B State and local government expenditures $2.5 T to cover 330 million people in the States legally; $7,350/capita Private Sector: • $2.8 T private insurance and out-of-pocket; $8,240/capita Overall Expenditure: • $5.8 T total healthcare spending for 340 million people; $17,059/capita Total US spending is $17,000/person, including taxes, private insurance premiums, copays, deductibles and insurer profit. Canada spending breakdown • $6,480 ($US)/person universal single-payer program • $6,700 ($US)/person total, including dental, pharmaceuticals, eyeglasses, hearing aids Canada has better outcomes ✅ +3.4 years life expectancy ✅ 26% lower infant mortality ✅ 30% lower under-5 mortality ✅ 50% lower maternal mortality ✅ 26% lower age-standardized cancer mortality (deaths per 100,000) ✅ 30% lower age-standardized heart disease mortality (deaths per 100,000) ✅ 42% lower obesity prevalence (adults, BMI ≥ 30) BOTTOM LINE: Canada as a whole spends less per capita ($US 6,700) to cover 100% of its population than the various US governments spend ($US 7,350) to cover about half its population, while getting better outcomes.
November 4, 2025 at 10:03 PM
sandilands.bsky.social
In the United States, the three levels of government spend more taxpayer money ($US 7,350/person) to provide healthcare to less than half the population than Canada does ($6,700) to cover everyone in the country. And Canada gets better results.
⸤103a⸥
Healthcare Spending in the United States and Canada (All values in US dollars) US: $17,000/person | Canada: $6,700/person US spending breakdown Public Sector (Federal and state governments, 2024): • $866 B on Medicare to cover 62 million; $13,675/person • $900 B on Medicaid to cover 84 million; $10,380/person • $71 B on Veteran’s Health to cover 6.3 million; $11,269/veteran • $23 B on CHIP (Children) to cover 3.2 million; $7190/child • $7 B on IHA (Indian Health) to cover 1.6 million; $4,375/person $1.9 T to cover 157 million people ($12,100/beneficiary; $5,588/capita) • $600 B State and local government expenditures $2.5 T to cover 330 million people in the States legally; $7,350/capita Private Sector: • $2.8 T private insurance and out-of-pocket; $8,240/capita Overall Expenditure: • $5.8 T total healthcare spending for 340 million people; $17,059/capita Total US spending is $17,000/person, including taxes, private insurance premiums, copays, deductibles and insurer profit. Canada spending breakdown • $6,480 ($US)/person universal single-payer program • $6,700 ($US)/person total, including dental, pharmaceuticals, eyeglasses, hearing aids Canada has better outcomes ✅ +3.4 years life expectancy ✅ 26% lower infant mortality ✅ 30% lower under-5 mortality ✅ 50% lower maternal mortality ✅ 26% lower age-standardized cancer mortality (deaths per 100,000) ✅ 30% lower age-standardized heart disease mortality (deaths per 100,000) ✅ 42% lower obesity prevalence (adults, BMI ≥ 30) BOTTOM LINE: Canada as a whole spends less per capita ($US 6,700) to cover 100% of its population than the various US governments spend ($US 7,350) to cover about half its population, while getting better outcomes.
November 4, 2025 at 3:59 AM
sandilands.bsky.social
In the United States, the three levels of government spend more taxpayer money ($US 7,350/person) to provide healthcare to less than half the population than Canada does ($6,700) to cover everyone in the country. And Canada gets better results.
Healthcare Spending in the United States and Canada (All values in US dollars) US: $17,000/person | Canada: $6,700/person US spending breakdown Public Sector (Federal and state governments, 2024): • $866 B on Medicare to cover 62 million; $13,675/person • $900 B on Medicaid to cover 84 million; $10,380/person • $71 B on Veteran’s Health to cover 6.3 million; $11,269/veteran • $23 B on CHIP (Children) to cover 3.2 million; $7190/child • $7 B on IHA (Indian Health) to cover 1.6 million; $4,375/person $1.9 T to cover 157 million people ($12,100/beneficiary; $5,588/capita) • $600 B State and local government expenditures $2.5 T to cover 330 million people in the States legally; $7,350/capita Private Sector: • $2.8 T private insurance and out-of-pocket; $8,240/capita Overall Expenditure: • $5.8 T total healthcare spending for 340 million people; $17,059/capita Total US spending is $17,000/person, including taxes, private insurance premiums, copays, deductibles and insurer profit. Canada spending breakdown • $6,480 ($US)/person universal single-payer program • $6,700 ($US)/person total, including dental, pharmaceuticals, eyeglasses, hearing aids Canada has better outcomes ✅ +3.4 years life expectancy ✅ 26% lower infant mortality ✅ 30% lower under-5 mortality ✅ 50% lower maternal mortality ✅ 26% lower age-standardized cancer mortality (deaths per 100,000) ✅ 30% lower age-standardized heart disease mortality (deaths per 100,000) ✅ 42% lower obesity prevalence (adults, BMI ≥ 30) BOTTOM LINE: Canada as a whole spends less per capita ($US 6,700) to cover 100% of its population than the various US governments spend ($US 7,350) to cover about half its population, while getting better outcomes.
November 3, 2025 at 6:01 AM
sandilands.bsky.social
In the United States, the three levels of government spend more taxpayer money ($US 7.3K/person) to provide healthcare to less than half the population than Canada does ($6.7K) to cover everyone in the country. And Canada gets better results. (I'll keep posting this until someone tells me to stop.)
Healthcare Spending in the United States and Canada (All values in US dollars) US: $17,000/person | Canada: $6,700/person US spending breakdown Public Sector (Federal and state governments, 2024): • $866 B on Medicare to cover 62 million; $13,675/person • $900 B on Medicaid to cover 84 million; $10,380/person • $71 B on Veteran’s Health to cover 6.3 million; $11,269/veteran • $23 B on CHIP (Children) to cover 3.2 million; $7190/child • $7 B on IHA (Indian Health) to cover 1.6 million; $4,375/person $1.9 T to cover 157 million people ($12,100/beneficiary; $5,588/capita) • $600 B State and local government expenditures $2.5 T to cover 330 million people in the States legally; $7,350/capita Private Sector: • $2.8 T private insurance and out-of-pocket; $8,240/capita Overall Expenditure: • $5.8 T total healthcare spending for 340 million people; $17,059/capita Total US spending is $17,000/person, including taxes, private insurance premiums, copays, deductibles and insurer profit. Canada spending breakdown • $6,480 ($US)/person universal single-payer program • $6,700 ($US)/person total, including dental, pharmaceuticals, eyeglasses, hearing aids Canada has better outcomes ✅ +3.4 years life expectancy ✅ 26% lower infant mortality ✅ 30% lower under-5 mortality ✅ 50% lower maternal mortality ✅ 26% lower age-standardized cancer mortality (deaths per 100,000) ✅ 30% lower age-standardized heart disease mortality (deaths per 100,000) ✅ 42% lower obesity prevalence (adults, BMI ≥ 30) BOTTOM LINE: Canada as a whole spends less per capita ($US 6,700) to cover 100% of its population than the various US governments spend ($US 7,350) to cover about half its population, while getting better outcomes.
November 2, 2025 at 9:46 PM
sandilands.bsky.social
In the United States, the three levels of government spend more taxpayer money ($US 7,350/person) to provide healthcare to less than half the population than Canada does ($6,700) to cover everyone in the country. And Canada gets better results.
Healthcare Spending in the United States and Canada (All values in US dollars) US: $17,000/person | Canada: $6,700/person US spending breakdown Public Sector (Federal and state governments, 2024): • $866 B on Medicare to cover 62 million; $13,675/person • $900 B on Medicaid to cover 84 million; $10,380/person • $71 B on Veteran’s Health to cover 6.3 million; $11,269/veteran • $23 B on CHIP (Children) to cover 3.2 million; $7190/child • $7 B on IHA (Indian Health) to cover 1.6 million; $4,375/person $1.9 T to cover 157 million people ($12,100/beneficiary; $5,588/capita) • $600 B State and local government expenditures $2.5 T to cover 330 million people in the States legally; $7,350/capita Private Sector: • $2.8 T private insurance and out-of-pocket; $8,240/capita Overall Expenditure: • $5.8 T total healthcare spending for 340 million people; $17,059/capita Total US spending is $17,000/person, including taxes, private insurance premiums, copays, deductibles and insurer profit. Canada spending breakdown • $6,480 ($US)/person universal single-payer program • $6,700 ($US)/person total, including dental, pharmaceuticals, eyeglasses, hearing aids Canada has better outcomes ✅ +3.4 years life expectancy ✅ 26% lower infant mortality ✅ 30% lower under-5 mortality ✅ 50% lower maternal mortality ✅ 26% lower age-standardized cancer mortality (deaths per 100,000) ✅ 30% lower age-standardized heart disease mortality (deaths per 100,000) ✅ 42% lower obesity prevalence (adults, BMI ≥ 30) BOTTOM LINE: Canada as a whole spends less per capita ($US 6,700) to cover 100% of its population than the various US governments spend ($US 7,350) to cover about half its population, while getting better outcomes.
November 2, 2025 at 6:57 AM
sandilands.bsky.social
The three layers of government in the US (federal, state, and local) spend more per person to cover 50% of the population than Canada does to cover everyone, and Canada get better results.
Healthcare Spending in the United States and Canada (All values in US dollars) US: $17,000/person | Canada: $6,700/person US spending breakdown Public Sector (Federal and state governments, 2024): • $866 B on Medicare to cover 62 million; $13,675/person • $900 B on Medicaid to cover 84 million; $10,380/person • $71 B on Veteran’s Health to cover 6.3 million; $11,269/veteran • $23 B on CHIP (Children) to cover 3.2 million; $7190/child • $7 B on IHA (Indian Health) to cover 1.6 million; $4,375/person $1.9 T to cover 157 million people ($12,100/beneficiary; $5,588/capita) • $600 B State and local government expenditures $2.5 T to cover 330 million people in the States legally; $7,350/capita Private Sector: • $2.8 T private insurance and out-of-pocket; $8,240/capita Overall Expenditure: • $5.8 T total healthcare spending for 340 million people; $17,059/capita Total US spending is $17,000/person, including taxes, private insurance premiums, copays, deductibles and insurer profit. Canada spending breakdown • $6,480 ($US)/person universal single-payer program • $6,700 ($US)/person total, including dental, pharmaceuticals, eyeglasses, hearing aids Canada has better outcomes ✅ +3.4 years life expectancy ✅ 26% lower infant mortality ✅ 30% lower under-5 mortality ✅ 50% lower maternal mortality ✅ 26% lower age-standardized cancer mortality (deaths per 100,000) ✅ 30% lower age-standardized heart disease mortality (deaths per 100,000) ✅ 42% lower obesity prevalence (adults, BMI ≥ 30) BOTTOM LINE: Canada as a whole spends less per capita ($US 6,700) to cover 100% of its population than the various US governments spend ($US 7,350) to cover about half its population, while getting better outcomes.
November 2, 2025 at 4:26 AM
sandilands.bsky.social
Healthcare Spending in the United States and Canada (All values in US dollars) US: $17,000/person | Canada: $6,700/person US spending breakdown Public Sector (Federal and state governments, 2024): • $866 B on Medicare to cover 62 million; $13,675/person • $900 B on Medicaid to cover 84 million; $10,380/person • $71 B on Veteran’s Health to cover 6.3 million; $11,269/veteran • $23 B on CHIP (Children) to cover 3.2 million; $7190/child • $7 B on IHA (Indian Health) to cover 1.6 million; $4,375/person $1.9 T to cover 157 million people ($12,100/beneficiary; $5,588/capita) • $600 B State and local government expenditures $2.5 T to cover 330 million people in the States legally; $7,350/capita Private Sector: • $2.8 T private insurance and out-of-pocket; $8,240/capita Overall Expenditure: • $5.8 T total healthcare spending for 340 million people; $17,059/capita Total US spending is $17,000/person, including taxes, private insurance premiums, copays, deductibles and insurer profit. Canada spending breakdown • $6,480 ($US)/person universal single-payer program • $6,700 ($US)/person total, including dental, pharmaceuticals, eyeglasses, hearing aids Canada has better outcomes ✅ +3.4 years life expectancy ✅ 26% lower infant mortality ✅ 30% lower under-5 mortality ✅ 50% lower maternal mortality ✅ 26% lower age-standardized cancer mortality (deaths per 100,000) ✅ 30% lower age-standardized heart disease mortality (deaths per 100,000) ✅ 42% lower obesity prevalence (adults, BMI ≥ 30) BOTTOM LINE: Canada as a whole spends less per capita ($US 6,700) to cover 100% of its population than the various US governments spend ($US 7,350) to cover about half its population, while getting better outcomes.
November 1, 2025 at 12:51 PM
sandilands.bsky.social
Healthcare Spending in the United States and Canada (All values in US dollars) US: $17,000/person | Canada: $6,700/person US spending breakdown: Public Sector (Federal and state governments, 2024): • $866 B on Medicare to cover 62 million; $13,675/person • $900 B on Medicaid to cover 84 million; $10,380/person • $71 B on Veteran’s Health to cover 6.3 million; $11,269/veteran • $23 B on CHIP (Children) to cover 3.2 million; $7190/child • $7 B on IHA (Indian Health) to cover 1.6 million; $4,375/person $1.9 T to cover 157 million people ($12,100/beneficiary; $5,588/capita) • $600 B State and local government expenditures $2.5 T to cover 330 million people in the States legally; $7,350/capita Private Sector: • $2.8 T private insurance and out-of-pocket; $8,240/capita Overall Expenditure: • $5.8 T total healthcare spending for 340 million people; $17,059/capita Total US spending is $17,000/person, including taxes, private insurance premiums, copays, deductibles and insurer profit. Canada spending breakdown: • $6,480 ($US)/person universal single-payer program • $6,700 ($US)/person total, including dental, pharmaceuticals, eyeglasses, hearing aids Canada has better outcomes: ✅ +3.4 years life expectancy ✅ 26% lower infant mortality ✅ 30% lower under-5 mortality ✅ 50% lower maternal mortality ✅ 26% lower age-standardized cancer mortality (deaths per 100,000) ✅ 30% lower age-standardized heart disease mortality (deaths per 100,000) ✅ 42% lower obesity prevalence (adults, BMI ≥ 30) BOTTOM LINE: Canada as a whole spends less per capita ($US 6,700) to cover 100% of its population than the various US governments spend ($US 7,350) to cover about half its population, while getting better outcomes.
November 1, 2025 at 3:32 AM
sandilands.bsky.social
Statistically, you're 100 times more likely to be killed by a hippopotamus than a shark. On average, hippos kill 500 people a year while sharks kill only 5.
September 22, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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Here's the Symbolics keyboard I referred to in my earlier post. Credit (URL mangled to prevent Bluesky from linking to it): httq://xahlee.info/kbd/iold51593/symbolics_keyboard_pn_365407_348de-s1300.jpg
Symbolics keyboard circa 1980s with additional keys Function, Refresh, [outlined square], [outlined triangle], [outlined circle], Clear Input, Suspend, Resume, Abort, Help, Page, Complete, Line, Symbol, Repeat, Mode Lock, Scroll, Hyper, Super, and Meta.
July 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM
sandilands.bsky.social
(1/3) In the 1980s, the Symbolics company marketed a keyboard with modifier keys Meta, Super, and Hyper in addition to the now common Shift and Control, but without an Alt key. (Today, "Windows" and "Apple" often take the role of Meta or Super.) I've come up with a layout with 8 more modifiers.
An image of a fanciful PC-style keyboard (US English layout) with 128 keys. In addition to the standard set of 102 keys, there are the following: * Three keys in a column to the left of the keypad with the labels Home Page, Prev Tab, and Next Tab * The standard block of edit keys: Insert Home Page Up ------ ---- --------- Delete End Page Down has an additional block below it: Select Cut/Copy Volume Up ------ -------- ----------- Undo Paste Volume Down * There is an additional key to the left of the right-shift key with the label Compose. * In addition to the standard modifier keys of Shift, Ctrl, Alt, and Super (the Windows key, often referred to as Meta), there is an entire row of ten fanciful modifer keys between the last alphabet row and the space bar row, with the labels Meta, Hyper, Sub, Variant, Quantum, Spin, Strange, Charm, Under, and Over. * The bottom row includes a key to the right of the Right-Alt with the label "Fn", which is intended for features internal to the keyboard such as controlling LED illumination or programming macros. * Beneath the numeric keypad are four multimedia keys with the labels Start (Play), Stop, Pause, and Volume Mute On the right hand side of the picture is a column showing the number of keys in each of the 7 rows: 17, 22, 22, 19, 21, 13, 15 and their total count of 128.
July 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM