Interestingly, in a different post here I compute our (Massachusetts, USA) family's per-capita expenditure for health insurance as $5142. That's exclusive of the percentage of our income that goes toward health care via taxes: 6.6% of every dollar of income, for Massachusetts families in the 25% federal bracket.
Sometimes it's almost eerie how well statistics work.
Moral: Believe the OECD -- Our health care is incredibly expensive.
Massachusetts now has student, employee, employer, self-employed, and low income earner insurance for free or at large subsidy, between the Commonwealth Connector and the Insurance Partnership programs.
Source: OECD