The Cost of Healthcare in America

The total amount spent on health care in the USA is greater than in any other country in the world.

Hospitalization related to pregnancy and childbirth costs some US$86 billion a year; the highest hospitalization costs of any area of medicine

 Women in the USA have a greater lifetime risk of dying of pregnancy-related
complications than women in 50 other countries.

The likelihood of a woman dying in childbirth in the USA is:

Five times greater than in Greece.

Four times greater than in Germany.

Three times greater than in Spain.

 As a woman, you are also more likely to die giving birth in the U.S. than in

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