Total Cost of Health Care

                           United States

             (Source: World Almanac 2006)


2002    Gross Domestic Product            =   $10.487.0 trillion

   Total National Health Costs       =   $ 1.553.0 trillion

   % of GDP                          =      14.81%

   Average Production Worker Income  =    $ 26,312.-

   Total No. of Physicians           =     853,187

   % of Total Health Costs           =      21.9%

   Total Cost of Physicians Services =  $340,107,000.-

   Average Physician Income          =    $398,631.-

                                     =   15 times average workers income

   (German Physicians’ Income = 3.5 times average workers income)



2003    Gross Domestic Product            =   $10.971.0 trillion


   Total National Health Costs       =   $ 1.679 trillion

   % of GDP                          -     15.30%





2006        8.0% GDP    Britain       Salaried Physicians = 53% of U.S.

       7.9%        Japan         Fee-for-service     = 52% of U.S.

      11.1%        Germany       Fee-for-service     = 73% of U.S.

       9.9%        Canada        Fee-for-service     = 65% of U.S.

      15.2%        U.S.A.        Fee-for-service
                               
Summary of Costs, 2007