By near the bottom I mean near the bottom for westernized and first world countries. The sad thing is we are competing with countries like Croatia and Cuba in categories like Infant Mortality and overall health.
2007-11-12 02:49:13 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
For the Faith over facts crowd here are some stats. From the CIA
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2091rank.html
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2102rank.html
2007-11-12 02:57:40 · update #1
Actually Michael Moore went to Gitmo not Cuba. Second most countires ranked ahead of the US like the EU, Japan and Singapore do now include in utero deaths.
2007-11-12 02:59:16 · update #2
Yes we do eat unhealthy so does France, where their national dish is butter. England everything is deep fried and German make everything with High fat meats.
2007-11-12 03:02:58 · update #3
Because the stats do not take into account the unhealthy lifestyle that accompanies wealth. Also, the stats do not take into account the US dollars that go into those other nations' healthcare. Finally, the US pays the lion's share of pharmaceutical research costs and the other nations get their medications subsidized. None of this appears in the ranking.
2007-11-12 02:54:40 · answer #1 · answered by ? 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
We have the best care at treating the symptoms and fixing things after the fact. Other nations try to prevent people from needing fixing in the first place.
For an example... we say "Have a bad heart.. lets fix that for you" whereas other nations say "How can we keep people from getting bad hearts". Not that both aren't needed... but preventative measures are much more cost effective.
2007-11-12 02:53:42 · answer #2 · answered by pip 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
If you are looking the infant mortality rate the numbers are skewed. From my understanding any baby that dies in utero or during birth is counted as an infant death in the US. Other countries don't add that into their numbers.
I gotta tell ya..I'm not going to Cuba for my healthcare. It's funny that, after he did Sicko, Michael Moore needed some heathcare and he didn't go to Cuba either. Wonder why?
2007-11-12 02:56:00 · answer #3 · answered by Splitters 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
If you are a wealthy American you will receive excellent health care. If you're not, you're out of luck. It's very embarrassing to have our country rank near the bottom in infant mortality rates.
2007-11-12 02:55:47 · answer #4 · answered by Zardoz 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
We have the best quality of health care in the world but some of the unhealthiest people in the developed world. Thats why.
2007-11-12 02:52:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 2⤋
Go get your care in Canada.
2007-11-12 13:14:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Personal habits.
Sedentary lifestyles, over-eating, poor diets, etc.
No amount of doctoring in the world can compensate for a person who refuses to take responsibility for their health.
2007-11-12 02:55:47 · answer #7 · answered by floatingbloatedcorpse 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Greed and capitalism, as well as government pandering to and taking bribes from the health care industry
2007-11-12 02:52:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 3⤋
And yet pay the most out of any of them? Great question.
Hence why we need REFORM!
2007-11-12 02:53:10 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 3⤋