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Earl[_26_]

iBoaterer wrote:
In article ,
says...
On Fri, 22 Jun 2012 08:06:48 -0400, X ` Man
wrote:

Ignorance looks like this:

68% of Republicans believe the U.S. health care system is the best in
the world, according to a survey by the Harvard School of Public Health.

The U.S. ranks:

14th in preventable deaths
24th in life expectancy
37th in overall health system ranking
72nd in health system attainment and performance
2nd in total health expenditure on health as a percentage of GDP

Source: World Health Organization
Yet when people are really sick, they come here.
... if they can afford it
There is a HUGE "medical tourism" industry so that people in the U.S.
can get good, affordable medical care.

There are mitigating factors at play. Illegal aliens and habitual
welfare losers can skew those stats in a huge way. You won't see that
in a lot of other countries - actually most other developed countries...