5.10 - Manifesto Point 'H'

ACTION: While our leaders come to grips with the healthcare emergency facing the nation, mothers want

1. Congress to immediately enact universal coverage for all American children.

• The United States spends more on healthcare per person than any other nation in the world.ⁱ
• Was tied for the 28th highest life expectancy.ⁱⁱ
• Ranked a low 37th for our mortality rate of children under five years old.ⁱⁱⁱ
• Two-thirds of the 191 countries tracked by the World Health Organization pay a higher percentage of their citizen’s total health care costs than the U.S. does.^iv
• As a country, United States citizens spend more on health care than any other nation in the world, a whopping $5,274 on average per capita.^v
• Countries with the same mortality rate as the United States has for children under five, spend a fraction of what U.S. citizens spend per person each year: Estonia ($263 per person); Slovakia ($265 per person); Poland ($303 per person); the UAE ($802 per person); and, the United States ($5,274).^vi