So Republicans haven't passed one piece of major legislation yet (and they still haven't)

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JRPGfan said:

 

however, there are some benefits.  We tend to attract and retain the most qualified doctors in the world.  As such, we have the best major medical and medical research.  It costs a ton, but people that are dying are probably fine paying and living then saving their money and dying.

For Facts Sake: U.S. Health Care Lags Others | Velshi & Ruhle | MSNBC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NMekCxCbWg

 

None of that contradicts what was said in the post you quoted. You are comparing apples to organes. In lifestyle, access, and equity the U.S lags behind other high HDI countries, but gergroy specifically was taling about medical research and medical facilities. At the end of the video this fact was confirmed. 

So if you live a healthy lifestyle in the United States, if you were to get a unique disease or cancer, you are more likely to survive than in other countries, but it will cost you quite a bit of money. 

This doesn't mitigate the disadvantages of the U.S healthcare system which mostly relate to a lack of preventative care and unhealthy lifestyles, though. 


By the way, many of these studies contradict eachother. For example, here is a study that has consistently put Switzerland and the Netherlands at the top of all European countries, England at 14th, Scotland at 16th, which contradicts the Britain is #1 study. 

http://www.healthpowerhouse.com/files/EHCI_2016/EHCI_2016_report.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro_health_consumer_index