Shadow Health Minister Louise Jackson says she is concerned about the current state of health financing.Mrs Jackson said the Department of Health and Bermuda Health Council's ‘Health in Review' report, released last week, was an invaluable tool to the Island.The report compared the state of Bermuda's health care to 29 other affluent countries. It provided the Island with its first international benchmarks in 73 health indicators such as cancer and heart disease mortality as well as obesity and immunisation rates.It also compared costs and Mrs Jackson said she was not surprised that Bermuda did worse than other countries when it came to financing health care.“We spend more than any other country but the US and we have a lower life expectancy,” she said.The report stated: “One overarching finding of this report is the weak relationship in Bermuda between GDP per capita and health expenditure per capita and between health expenditure and life expectancy.”Bermudians have a life expectancy of 79 years, lower than 20 other countries, however it spends more than any country, bar the US, and with an ageing population Mrs Jackson said it was important the Government got to grips with costs now.“I don't think Government has thought it out,” she said. “We don't have facilities in place to deal with the tsunami of elderly that is coming. We need to find out how many seniors are going to need long-term care.”In 2000 approximately 11 percent of the Island's population was over 65; it is expected this will increase to 25 percent by 2020.Mrs Jackson said she was also concerned about the unequal nature of Bermuda's health care system.The report stated: “Although the majority of the population reported that their healthcare needs were being met, 11 percent reported some unmet needs. The most common reasons given for unmet medical care was inadequate health insurance coverage followed by lack of specialist care and lack of facilities.”People with a household income under $50,000 were more likely to report unmet needs due to lack of insurance coverage while those with a household income over $100,000 were more likely to report unmet needs due to lack of specialists.Mrs Jackson said: “When it comes to the disparity in health care it seems to be that the rich can afford the best for themselves while the poor cannot, some have no access to medical care.“This access to care is a big issue and with the recession it will get bigger. People are unemployed now which means they are not on health insurance.”She added that she hoped the National Health Plan due to be released within the next two months would address several issues featured in the report.