U.S. Manufacturing Industry at the lowest level
Manufacturers cannot control spiraling healthcare benefit costs The U.S. Manufacturing Industry is at its lowest level in modern history, now at eleven percent of GDP. The cause is the growth of the Healthcare Industry and how the U.S. pays for it. A simple comparison of the percentage change of the growth of the Healthcare Industry to the Manufacturing Industry shows a direct correlation between the growth of one and the shrinkage of the other, percentage point for a percentage point. No other industries have been substantially affected by the growth of the Healthcare Industry or by international competitors. The cause is simple; the U.S. is the only industrial country where the employer pays for the employees' health care benefits. No other International manufacturing competitor pays for health care benefits. The most fundamental rule of competition is to lower manufacturing costs, whether it is for a small business or a whole country. Until the United States goes from an employ