[Gabrial]

There are a lot of inaccuracies in this article. For example 25% of Israelis purchase private insurance because the system does not cover many expensive procedures. Also, the government is wanting to move to increased privatization because the existing system is running deficits. Dental is not included unless you buy that as an option. Preventative care is not covered.

Many items are true such as the total spent on healthcare in Israel as a percentage of GDP is about 1/2 of what it is in the US. Procedures are cheaper there and quality is high.

[moonshot925]

Yawn. Romney's comment was about the SPENDING in Israel on healthcare. It's significantly lower than ours.

Yes. Israel spends 8% of GDP on heathcare while we spend over 15%.

They have a longer average life span and lower infant mortality rate than we do.

Their system seems to be working well for them.

But the question is, would it work for the United States?

Hard to tell since we are two vastly different nations.