More (sorry)…

We pay the most per capita for healthcare:

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_hea_car_fun_tot_per_cap-care-funding-total-per-capita

Have the highest total expenditure on health as a percentage of GDP:

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_tot_exp_on_hea_as_of_gdp-health-total-expenditure-gdp

But are #22 for “healthy” life expectancy:

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_lif_exp_hea_yea-health-life-expectancy-healthy-years

#47 for average life expectancy at birth:

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_lif_exp_at_bir_tot_pop-life-expectancy-birth-total-population

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_lif_exp_hea_yea-health-life-expectancy-healthy-years

We’re #1!!! 😉 We have the highest levels of obesity:

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_obe-health-obesity

Highest teen pregnancies:

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_tee_pre-health-teenage-pregnancy

9th highest rate of death from cancer:

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_dea_fro_can-health-death-from-cancer

Not even on the list of top 19 countries rated for “overall health performance”

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_ove_hea_per-health-overall-performance

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Essentially, there is no truth to the notion that the for-profit, U.S. healthcare system is superior to a socialist healthcare system.

If anyone has any evidence to the contrary, I’d like to see it.