Health Care In The US Not As Bad As Believed

In a new research report Christopher Conover from Duke University's Center for Health Policy and Inequalities Research, the facts about how America's health care system compares to those of other countries is finally laid bare. The reality is that we've got it pretty good after all. (see the article in the Los Angeles Times: http://ping.fm/LH9VW)

Some examples are: Life Expectancy in the US is greater than in all other countries, instead of 39th, if deaths related to violence and automobile accidents are removed. This adjustment seems fair since we're looking for the effects of health care on life expectancy.

Another comparison is the quality of health care outcomes. People with cancer live longer in the US than in any other country. Many of the "avoidable deaths" that could be treated are in fact caused by the lifestyle choices of Americans, and thus make the numbers look like US health care is worse than other countries.

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