you can't seriously be representing that WHO rankings indicate that that health care results are better almost everywhere else. have you traveled? do you believe subjective rankings based on a host of factors is truly indicative of results? why ruin your observations by bringing in leftist propaganda and solutions. why not just say our health care results are generally excellent and world leading in many areas but it is really expensive because our politicians are owned by Wall Street and its insurance companies and therefore proper reform is very unlikely. even futurecurents highlighted a big part of the problem. our politicians are not deaf and dumb about price elasticity they are corrupt and paid for. when there was talk of drug prices being bargained for collectively they drug companies got bush and republicans to pass a law that made sure they got paid in full at full prices. when it was time to perhaps get govt payer or even single payer the insurance companies got Obama Pelosi and Reid to get all the other democrats on board to screw every tax payer in the country even democrats. When half the democrat senators lost their seats..... those same insurance companies and wall street seem to be able to get Ryan and McConnell to prevent trump even something as simple as repeal of obamacare even though it drove up premiums to crazy levels.
I have traveled widely as a matter of fact. And I experienced first hand healthcare in Brazil. Although strictly anecdotal, my experience there was wonderful, and even more so if I compare it to what I would have had to go through in the U.S. under similar circumstances. Three cheers for the Brazilian healthcare system!!! . And of course I trust the WHO rankings. They are based on both purely objective and somewhat subjective criteria. Correct me if I'm way off, but the last time I looked it seems the U.S. was ranked somewhere down around 38th. Of course the WHO rankings could be "fake".
Here you go jem. Courtesy Numbeo, whatever that is. I see we are doing better. All the way up to 35th, just three places below India. Health Care Index for Country 2017 Click to see this on a map: More information about these indices Select date: Select Region: Africa America Asia Europe Oceania Search: Rank Country Health Care Index Health Care Exp. Index 1 South Korea 83.20 152.14 2 Netherlands 82.50 151.34 3 Taiwan 81.14 148.12 4 Austria 80.91 148.90 5 Thailand 80.66 147.46 6 Sri Lanka 80.04 146.12 7 Belgium 78.92 144.43 8 Japan 78.63 143.27 9 France 78.62 144.00 10 Germany 76.74 140.31 11 Spain 76.65 141.24 12 Malta 76.18 139.03 13 Denmark 75.45 139.21 14 Finland 74.85 136.08 15 Israel 74.78 136.91 16 United Kingdom 74.28 135.95 17 Australia 74.25 135.08 18 Norway 74.19 135.78 19 Czech Republic 74.09 136.05 20 Argentina 73.30 133.68 21 Jordan 71.92 131.35 22 Turkey 71.68 129.20 23 Estonia 71.30 130.71 24 Switzerland 71.04 133.06 25 Sweden 70.64 129.58 26 New Zealand 70.58 127.90 27 Portugal 70.31 127.45 28 Mexico 70.11 125.70 29 Singapore 69.87 129.40 30 Ecuador 69.24 124.87 31 Canada 69.23 127.13 32 India 69.18 124.52 33 Philippines 69.16 124.10 34 Lithuania 68.74 123.71 35 United States 68.22 125.94 36 Hong Kong 67.99 124.21 37 Uruguay 67.11 120.67 38 Italy 66.31 120.46 39 Qatar 66.14 119.54 40 Malaysia 65.99 118.63 41 Colombia 65.79 117.82 42 Tunisia 65.73 117.37 43 Iceland 65.64 119.12 44 Croatia 65.49 121.03 45 Indonesia 64.80 115.88 46 Slovenia 64.35 117.51 47 Lebanon 64.28 118.54 48 Macedonia 63.46 113.28 49 Slovakia 62.63 113.35 50 China 62.25 111.03 51 South Africa 61.72 110.65 52 Bosnia And Herzegovina 61.49 110.37 53 Poland 61.46 110.68 54 Chile 60.97 109.82 55 United Arab Emirates 60.49 111.23 56 Saudi Arabia 60.41 108.26 57 Costa Rica 60.19 107.67 58 Pakistan 59.05 104.36 59 Peru 58.46 104.83 60 Kuwait 57.60 105.95 61 Russia 56.40 99.19 62 Puerto Rico 56.28 103.88 63 Cyprus 54.23 94.54 64 Bulgaria 54.03 96.67 65 Greece 53.92 94.91 66 Serbia 53.86 97.42 67 Belarus 53.76 94.69 68 Hungary 53.46 95.40 69 Ireland 53.33 96.26 70 Romania 53.11 93.55 71 Nigeria 52.33 91.41 72 Brazil 51.70 91.48 73 Iran 51.55 91.37 74 Ukraine 49.81 86.74 75 Vietnam 47.87 81.70 76 Iraq 45.92 79.04 77 Morocco 44.50 75.42 78 Egypt 43.73 75.36 79 Bangladesh 43.49 75.19 80 Venezuela 36.90 63.47 Showing 1 to 80 of 80 entries
Here is the WHO ranking. At least we made it above india in this one. World Health Organization’s Ranking of the World’s Health Systems January 15, 2017 manuelcosta2561 Comment Manostaxx The text that follows is owned by the site above referred. Here is only a small part of the article, for more please follow the link SOURCE: http://thepatientfactor.com/canadia...zations-ranking-of-the-worlds-health-systems/ Some people fancy all health care debates to be a case of Canadian Health Care vs. American. Not so. According to the World Health Organization’s ranking of the world’s health systems, neither Canada nor the USA ranks in the top 25. World Health Organization Ranking; The World’s Health Systems 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 USA 38 Slovenia 39 Cuba 40 Brunei 41 New Zealand 42 Bahrain 43 Croatia 44 Qatar 45 Kuwait 46 Barbados 47 Thailand 48 Czech Republic 49 Malaysia 50 Poland 51 Dominican Republic 52 Tunisia 53 Jamaica 54 Venezuela 55 Albania 56 Seychelles 57 Paraguay 58 South Korea 59 Senegal 60 Philippines 61 Mexico 62 Slovakia 63 Egypt 64 Kazakhstan 65 Uruguay 66 Hungary 67 Trinidad and Tobago 68 Saint Lucia 69 Belize 70 Turkey 71 Nicaragua 72 Belarus 73 Lithuania 74 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 75 Argentina 76 Sri Lanka 77 Estonia 78 Guatemala 79 Ukraine 80 Solomon Islands 81 Algeria 82 Palau 83 Jordan 84 Mauritius 85 Grenada 86 Antigua and Barbuda 87 Libya 88 Bangladesh 89 Macedonia 90 Bosnia-Herzegovina 91 Lebanon 92 Indonesia 93 Iran 94 Bahamas 95 Panama 96 Fiji 97 Benin 98 Nauru 99 Romania 100 Saint Kitts and Nevis 101 Moldova 102 Bulgaria 103 Iraq 104 Armenia 105 Latvia 106 Yugoslavia 107 Cook Islands 108 Syria 109 Azerbaijan 110 Suriname 111 Ecuador 112 India 113 Cape Verde 114 Georgia 115 El Salvador 116 Tonga 117 Uzbekistan 118 Comoros 119 Samoa 120 Yemen 121 Niue 122 Pakistan 123 Micronesia 124 Bhutan 125 Brazil 126 Bolivia 127 Vanuatu 128 Guyana 129 Peru 130 Russia 131 Honduras 132 Burkina Faso 133 Sao Tome and Principe 134 Sudan 135 Ghana 136 Tuvalu 137 Ivory Coast 138 Haiti 139 Gabon 140 Kenya 141 Marshall Islands 142 Kiribati 143 Burundi 144 China 145 Mongolia 146 Gambia 147 Maldives 148 Papua New Guinea 149 Uganda 150 Nepal 151 Kyrgystan 152 Togo 153 Turkmenistan 154 Tajikistan 155 Zimbabwe 156 Tanzania 157 Djibouti 158 Eritrea 159 Madagascar 160 Vietnam 161 Guinea 162 Mauritania 163 Mali 164 Cameroon 165 Laos 166 Congo 167 North Korea 168 Namibia 169 Botswana 170 Niger 171 Equatorial Guinea 172 Rwanda 173 Afghanistan 174 Cambodia 175 South Africa 176 Guinea-Bissau 177 Swaziland 178 Chad 179 Somalia 180 Ethiopia 181 Angola 182 Zambia 183 Lesotho 184 Mozambique 185 Malawi 186 Liberia 187 Nigeria 188 Democratic Republic of the Congo 189 Central African Republic 190 Myanmar Source: World Health Organization
I will tell you why those studies can be very misleading... lets talk about infant mortality. many countries don't try and save babies unless they reach a certain birth weight. Many premies therefore die. those deaths don't hurt their countries rankings. Whereas here in the states we have children's hospitals with doctors, drugs and machines that can save babies as early as 23 and 24 weeks. These doctors and drugs which can make lungs mature faster and ecmo machines are amazing and they are really expensive and they can save babies that other countries let die. Now some of these babies don't have great results.. some die as young children.... Those deaths harm the rankings of American health care. However couples from all of the world bring their at risk pregnancies here to our hospitals because our doctors drugs and tech are the best in the world. I can give you examples from a wide range of medical fields just like the one above. In terms of ability to save lives our doctors drugs and tech are almost always the top. Its only when studies give weight to other categories such as cost that our health care system starts to falter, but in terms of results... If I had a serious condition I that needed surgery or advanced practice and care I would rather be in a hospital in a major city here in america than just about anywhere in the world. And on average so would most of the people in the world who have the money to have a choice.
no, but I like Brazil and Brazilians. In Salvador I went into a liquor store and there was a bunch of people standing around drinking the liquor. I found out you could taste the liquor before you bought it to make sure you liked it. Very hospitable, I thought. Liquor is very inexpensive in Brazil. Even imported European brands are cheap there. I'll be leaving for Quebec in a few weeks. I love Canada! I like every country I've visited so far except central Arkansas.