What is similar or different about America's healthcare system compared to Canada & Europe?

Have you ever wondered the difference or similarities between the healthcare in the U.S. and the healthcare in Canada and Europe? Are we getting the best care we could in America or is it better elsewhere?  US, Canada and Europe have good quality health care. However, the Americans generally pay more for their healthcare and Europeans & Canadians have more access to healthcare. 


Well here is the comparison between the U.S. and Canada and Europe: 

Total health expenditure compared with the U.S., Canada, Europe. 

According to some of the facts in the Health Journalism.org, the two countries had similar health care systems before Canada changed its system in the 1960s and 1970s. The United States spends much more money on health care than Canada, on both a per-capita basis and as a percentage of GDP. In 2006, per-capita spending for health care in Canada was US$3,678; in the U.S., US$6,714. The U.S. spent 15.3% of GDP on health care in that year; Canada spent 10.0%.^[5] In 2006, 70% of health care spending in Canada was financed by government, versus 46% in the United States. Total government spending per capita in the U.S. on health care was 23% higher than Canadian government spending, and U.S. government expenditure on health care was just under 83% of total Canadian spending (public and private) though these statistics don't take into account population differences. 

The U.S.: 

• In the U.S.; they generally pay more for the medical healthcare systems there. 
• Some people, compared to Canada, have more unmet needs than those in Canada. 
• The uninsured Americans are lagged behind. 

Canada:

• In Canada, they don't pay as much as the U.S. for the healthcare systems there. 
• In Canada, they have fewer unmet needs, compared to the U.S.
• Canadians have universal access to publicly funded health care services, primarily physician and hospital services. 

Europe:

• The people are not worried as much as the Americans about losing their insurance; because of their healthcare systems. 
• The U.S. has the highest overall spending rate; and the lowest percentage of the population covered by government programs.
• In Europe, they have a higher average number of percentage of physician visits than the U.S.. 

FUTURE RESEARCH: What can the US do to make healthcare more affordable and accessible to more Americans?