£620m deficit predicted for NHS

[Marcellus]

That figure was per capita. I'll try and find the link.

Per capita? By my calculations US government health spending would have to be at least £900 billion (at current exchange rates approximately $1.56 trillion) for their spending per capita to be twice as high as ours. The figure I found is for $584 billion ( http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2006/hhs.html right at the bottom of the page). This is about 75% of our spending per capita.