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CHART 1.6: HEALTH CARE EXPENDITURES PER PERSON, 1997 $USI7
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in the world, even though we spend, far and away, the most money on
it.
Too often in the United States, a doctor's treatment decisions are
made on the basis of money, not health. The consequences of not hav-
ing health insurance, I suspect, have never been more terrifying, and
close to 44 million Americans are uninsured.^21 It's unacceptable to me