why does the usa rank #37 in healthcare?

Question

i thought we were the richest country in the world.......

Answer 1

Because we don't have nationalized healthcare. Go watch Sicko.

Answer 2

Because 36 countries rated higher than us. We're not the richest country in the world per capita.

I would be interested in how we rank based on patient satisfaction, something tells me the rankings are based on the level of socialism involved and don't take into account things like the wait time for medical appointments, etc.

Answer 3

John Edwards was just on Jay Leno talking about this. It's because the countires that rank in the top provide healthcare because they care about their people. They view healthcare as No one should be denied that right to be taken care of. The US sees it as a way to make money. All started with the Nixon administration.

Answer 4

Part of the answer is that many hospitals in the U.S. were once staffed by religious orders who took a vow of poverty and worked for free. We haven't caught up the fact that there are too few vocations to support faith-based hospitals today, so many have been sold and are now operated by others for profit. The religious orders now send their people to help the poor in third world countries, and they are often murdered by terrorists.

"You get what you pay for". Not many years ago, you used to get what you DIDN'T pay for.

Much the same thing is happening to faith-based schools. Is there any wonder that people are trying to get legislation passed for tuition vouchers so they can send their children to faith-based schools, and help the even less fortunate to do the same?

Answer 5

Because governments are afraid to put taxes up. Also the media refers to nationalised healthcare as 'socialised medicine' which leads to some US citizens thinking there's a connection between nationalised healthcare and socialism, or even communism.

Answer 6

Well they make us believe anything, they lie and the insurance industry would assonant someone that made health care universal, That would be great I can't understand why people in the USA would reject it, but they do. I think they have insurance and it makes them secure and proud, that way when in heed they feel good they are not stuck with out insurance like the store clerk.

Answer 7

Who's doing the ranking and what are the criteria? Raw numbers mean little.