rick says:
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Take a look into low birth weight babies born in Canada vs the US.
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Rather, take a look at more meaningful statistics, like infant
mortality.

Rank Country Rate
1 Hong Kong 3.2
2 Sweden 3.5
3 Japan 3.6
4 Norway 4.0
5 Finland 4.1
6 Singapore 4.2
7 France 4.6
7 Germany 4.6
9 Denmark 4.7
10 Switzerland 4.8
11 Austria 4.9
12 Australia 5.0
13 Netherlands 5.2
13 Czech Republic 5.2
15 Canada 5.3
15 Italy 5.3
17 Scotland 5.5
17 New Zealand 5.5
19 Belgium 5.6
19 Northern Ireland 5.6
21 England and Wales 5.7
21 Greece 5.7
21 Israel 5.7
21 Spain 5.7
25 Portugal 5.9
26 Ireland 6.2
27 Cuba 7.1
28 UNITED STATES 7.2
29 Slovakia 8.8
30 Kuwait2 9.4

OK, given the wonders of privatized medicine, I'm curious why we don't
find the USA at the top of this list. I don't know about Hong Kong, but
the next 25 nations all have some form of "nationalized" medicine.

What say you, rick?

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