"DSK" wrote in message
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Bert Robbins wrote:
Still why is the health care people receive in the US better than
anywhere else in the world, even those socialist countries?


It's not.

Can you point to *ANY* statistic or metric on health in which the U.S. is
the top nation? Much less any bundle of such statistics (other than
obesity & smoking)?

We have the highest rate of breast cancer survival, and the best cervical
cancer screneing system in the world.

And remember that WHO report that ranked the US 37th out of 191 countries
surveyed? It was too heavily weighted towards favoring countries with
univeral coverage.

But here's where they ranked America's health system *first* in several
categories:

1) first in responsiveness to patients' needs for "choice of provider"

2) first in "dignity"

3) first in "autonomy"

4) first in "timely care"

5) first in "confidentiality"


Does that satisfy your request for "any" metric on health in which the U.S.
is the top nation?