| HappySqurriel said: When you look at outcomes though, the United States has one of the top (if not the top) survival rate in (pretty much) for every major illness ... On top of this, the United States has a much higher obesity rate which translates into much higher costs for their system on the whole. Basically, while the United States pays more for healthcare they also get a lot more healthcare than anywhere else in the world. |
Thats an unfounded conclusion.
The United States has far less smokers than other developed countries. Also, the United States cancer survival rate is good, but so is the rest of the developed world.
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_dai_smo-health-daily-smokers
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_dea_fro_can-health-death-from-cancer
http://www.webmd.com/cancer/news/20080716/cancer-survival-rates-vary-by-country
