AllieBaba
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Further to my previous posting, did anyone read the American Human Development Report, which featured in yesterday's Guardian? It says that 'despite spending $230m an hour on healthcare, Americans live shorter lives than citizens of almost every developed country.' With the second highest income per head in the world, the 'States ranks
42nd in terms of life expectancy. It is 34th in terms of infants surviving to age one as well, and, incidentally, has a higher percentage of children living in poverty than any of the world's richest countries.
The US has many and great virtues, but capitalist healthcare in not amongst them, I think. The UK does a much better job at about half the cost.
We're fatter and more diverse with lots of genetic diseases floating about thanks to our melting pot population. It has nothing to do with actual quality of health care.