$7,421 per person for Health Care

"The United States spent approximately $2.2 trillion on health care in 2007, or $7,421 per person – nearly twice the average of other developed nations." - according to the White House's website

http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/health_care/#TB_inline?height=220&width=370&inlineId=tb_external&linkId=4

Why is this happening? Because the patients are never told what anything costs ahead of time. They get surprised later.

I constantly ask neighbors and people I meet what a CBC - a common blood test - costs. I have never met anyone who knew.

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According to Google the population of the Unites State is
"304,059,724 - Jul 2008" - Google.