American health care behind Israel and Chile!?

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September 19, 2009

im studying health care system throughout the world and thought this was disgraceful. America claims to be one of (or the best) country in the world for medical science etc and yet in The World Health Organization’s ranking of the world’s health systems you are 37 yep thats pretty low! you are behind Israel (28) and UK (18) and Oman (8) isnt this scary? also ive been learning that the public is afraid of an NHS system (where you pay medical from your taxes instead of through insurance) well if you do that you never (ever) have to ask for an operation or anything, it just gets done (no matter what) yes we have waiting lists but your insurance companies just plainly say no to most of your causes (wouldnt you rather be on a list instead of a NO?) would you like an NHS system in America (BTW: i have done plenty of research for my final degree so these are facts not assumptions) i just want your opinion on the American health care system. should it change? are you surprised your num 37?
http://www.photius.com/rankings/healthranks.html - the list if your interested
wow defensive much?? if my health care system was this bad i’d want to know and try and vote to make it better not just sit on my ass pretending it does not exist dont give me stereotypical american answers!
no the facts that make these WHO rankings are things like how many people are refused health care in america due to your insurance system and clean hospitals. its not to do with obesity etc its to do with what doctors do about it, what plans you have to stop smoking etc not refusing a person life just because they cant afford insurance, its wrong and if you dont even know how these rankings are done please dont answer.
ok you guys arent reading this at all! this is not my only source of course im a bloody graduate from university you need hundreds of sources to do a report like this. im not "bashing" America but the more Q’s i ask you the more you dont answer the Q and say every one else is wrong, the study is wrong, were right. i always thought people saying America was like this were worng but know i see you are this way.

Sigh, do not blame those in the US, for they have been lied to. Healthcare is better in the US, for those who can pay for it. The simple facts are that I, in the UK, with the NHS will live longer on average than those in the USA. And that is thanks to the NHS, our universal healthcare system.

Infant mortality is lower in the UK, and in western Europe than it is in the USA. And we pay less for healthcare.

Click the links. Check out the facts. Babies die in the USA that would have had a better chance of life in born in the UK. Fair on those babies?

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