Why does America only rate 37th in the world for healthcare?

Question

Here's the top 40 list from the World Health Organization

1 France
2 Italy
3 San Marino
4 Andorra
5 Malta
6 Singapore
7 Spain
8 Oman
9 Austria
10 Japan
11 Norway
12 Portugal
13 Monaco
14 Greece
15 Iceland
16 Luxembourg
17 Netherlands
18 United Kingdom
19 Ireland
20 Switzerland
21 Belgium
22 Colombia
23 Sweden
24 Cyprus
25 Germany
26 Saudi Arabia
27 United Arab Emirates
28 Israel
29 Morocco
30 Canada
31 Finland
32 Australia
33 Chile
34 Denmark
35 Dominica
36 Costa Rica
37 United States of America
38 Slovenia
39 Cuba
40 Brunei

Why those Europeans so many cons love to hate sure seem to be doing a better job

John B you're like a freaking mosquito a pain but other wise just a little bug

Booman
Richard
Bush Family
Put up a link to back those silly asserations and not some right wing BLOG crap either put up or please shut up you don't know your facts

Here you go Daniel

http://www.photius.com/rankings/healthranks.html

and here

http://www.photius.com/rankings/who_world_health_ranks.html

Doc made by the left God you are a kool aid drinker aren't you

Answer 1

You forgot to mention: we spend more money by far on health care than any of those above us.

America should be embarrassed, but we are not....look at the critics of your comment above me.

Not one can provide a sensible answer:

Why do liberals stay in bed and do drugs?

That list was proven wrong.

Why do people flock to America for surgery?

You critics should feel shame, not pride.

Probably goes to show why America is also in the bottom tier of the industrialized nations when it comes to education as well.

Answer 2

the plan of offering a low fee state insurer, doesnt look like it would do the trick for me. all us slackers who stay hand to mouth and pass for the duration of the settee for replace primary are nonetheless unlikely to have the skill to have the money for something nor can we unavoidably take the initiative to pass purchase scientific coverage that we cant have the money for. cant even have the money for hire. uncertain the place coverage falls on the heirarchy of needs. perhaps some human beings will take income of it, we will see. Now if healthcare became a public service like guidance, roads, police then i think of our united states of america is present day adequate and progressed adequate that we must be in the perfect 5 if not #a million for healthcare. human beings say our colleges arent stable yet we are a perfect exporter of guidance. they say human beings in different international places can all communicate english in difficulty-loose college. No they cant, i've got taught english in a foreign country and maximum individuals of individuals can not manage the words ok. Theres perhaps one or 2 whos parents beat it into them yet maximum everybody isn't to any extent further perfect than a extreme college spanish type. you study some words and ignore it a twelve months later. If we had public hospitals and individuals can decide for to artwork or get care at deepest hospitals like they'd deepest colleges. we would be at an advantage.

Answer 3

What exactly is the ranking based on? I'd like a link. I could post Cuba is rated number 1 according the WHO. But that ranking could be the number of deaths on the operating table. So I wanna know what this ranking is based on. Little help, huh?

edit: Thank you. Okay reading that I still don't know what they're basing this on. They might have a valid and well researched point, but I don't see how they reached it. I see what they studied, and that kind of stuff but they don't really go into much detail as to how they came about to find these conclusions. So I have no real opinion, they maybe correct they maybe wrong. I can't say yea or nay.

Answer 4

The idea that social medicine is better is wound into the fabrique of the study, ie, conclusion first to be backed up by data. Bottom line: faulty. Key ingredients such as cutting edge research, new discoveries, etc were not included. One just has to look where the money came from for these studies and one gets a pattern fast.

Answer 5

Did the list happen to include what kind of taxes these countries pay too?
Also... Canada? Canada at #30? I've heard horror stories of health care in Canada. Ever heard of how long it takes to get treatment there? I'll have to look it up and come back and edit this.

Answer 6

traditionally we have been good in acute care emergencies but no good in prevention, but even that is getting debatable now that money is tighter and less and less staff is asked to do more and more.... Creating the impression to be meeting standards is big business-takes time and effort and money Too bad we can't put that same effort into improving the care itself Big business tried-its not working they are out of their league medical and public health scholars should be running the show along with patients We could save money and get the appropriate care

Answer 7

Bad public healthcare .... in the USA you must have a private health insurance to have good healthcare ... in portugal you don't need a health insurance to have the best healthcare ... i guess that's why USA is in 37th place

Answer 8

We do not need universal health care. The problem is the government not allowing us to by medicine from foreign countries (like Canada). If this was truly a free market, it would drive down the costs of medicine.

Answer 9

37 out of 40. Bottom 10%.

And that's WITH us having the most advanced medical technology. Imagine where we'd be if we didn't get the tech boost.

Answer 10

I'm a little bit amazed at who outranked the U.S.: San Marino? Morocco? Andorra? Malta?

I guess "free enterprise" doesn't work too well when you're sick and not rich. U.S.A.! U.S.A! U.S.A.!