We have the #1 healthcare system in the world. And that is indisputable. We have the best and brightest doctors and nurses, the best technology, and the most cutting edge techniques.
Actualy, it's very much in dispute. The World Heath Organization actually rate FRANCE as having the world's best health care system.
World Health Organization ranking of health systems - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The US comes in #38 out of 191 countries. Not only are we behind all other G-7 countries, including France, Japan, Germany, and Canada, but we are even behind some third world countries like Chile and Argentina.
Hey, we are also behind Israel. Kind of nice to see that we are subsidizing "Communist" socialized medicine. Just not in this country.
As usual, you cite unrelated issues to back up your radical communist ideology.
As usual, you think screaming "communist" is a valid argument.
Our life expectancy has nothing to do with our healthcare system and everything to do with our abundance of food, our lack of exercising, and our busy lifestyle's leading to large volumes of fast food. We are an obese nation thanks to our surplus of food (created by capitalism, stupid). That has nothing to do with our healthcare system.
Uh, you really think that these other wealthy G-7 countries (which all rated higher on the WHO survey) don't also have plenty of food.
So Capitalism is causing unhealthy obesity? Why do you support such a system?
Likewise, our infant mortality rate has to do with asshole liberals shooting up with heroin while pregnant, doing coke while pregnant, smoking while pregnant, being drunk 24x7 while pregnant, and having their partners beat the shit out of them while pregnant. What do you want the doctors to do when the babies are beaten to death in the womb before they even arrive at the hospital?
Man, how is it that you guys can't go five minutes without blaming minorities for problems you've had ample oppurtunities to fix and haven't bothered?
Frankly, that we have all these problems is an indication that we don't have a good system. But lack of access to health care- (Addictions are a medical problem, not a criminal one) is a large part of that.