| Fame_Mcswagg said: About healthcare size doesn't mean as much as price. And the fact is the price in the US is out of control. And as far as quality is concerned just look at the numbers. Countries like england and France have a higher life expectancy, lower infant mortality rate, and overall a healthier populous. |
Not actually true.
1) Life expectancies are higher. This isn't completly related to health though. A perfectly healthy man could be stabbed to death with a knfe and it counts to life expectancy.
2) Infant mortality rate is higher in the US because we calculate it differently. If something is born, and then dies at a young age... it's considered an Infant. In Europeon countries babies have to be a certain size or weight before they are considered babies. If a baby is born way to small to live it is not reflected in Infant mortality rates.
3) Healthiness is a very hard thing to measure. When it comes to 5 year survival rates for the main 5 killers of people however... the US has better survival rates then most Europeon countries including the UK.
Honestly when it comes to health... healthcare is less important then you think... so is what you eat. Culture... culture can mean as much if not more then both.
Two different countries, with IDENTICAL healthcare programs and demographics can have compleltly different results based on culture when it comes to things like life expectancy and diseases. Which makes any arguement about different countries healthcare largely pointless. Example.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/books/chap1/outliers.htm
