AMA: Is US health really the best in the world?

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http://www.scribd.com/doc/17302122/2000JAM...b9aes7i7laew0wc

3 page PDF doc, click on link above to read.

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Good lord. Has anyone actually claimed that the US has the best health in the world?!

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Good lord. Has anyone actually claimed that the US has the best health in the world?!

Hannity

Tom Daschle: US Healthcare Best In World a 'Myth'

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Editorial

World’s Best Medical Care?

Published: August 12, 2007

Many Americans are under the delusion that we have “the best health care system in the world,” as President Bush sees it, or provide the “best medical care in the world,” as Rudolph Giuliani declared last week. That may be true at many top medical centers. But the disturbing truth is that this country lags well behind other advanced nations in delivering timely and effective care.

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i'm too fat and lazy to open and read a 3 page pdf

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Good lord. Has anyone actually claimed that the US has the best health in the world?!

Hannity

John McCain made that claim just this morning on Meet the Press.

But we're losing sight of the fact that the highest quality health care in the world is in the United States of America.

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Makes me want to move to Canada.

Edited July 12, 2009 by Arabella

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Makes me want to move to Canada.

Dont let the door hit you in the As5 on your way out.

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Did anyone see the article at the end of the 3rd page about sex and the internet??? :-D

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What constitutes the "best" heath care? What is the criteria we are dealing with?

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What constitutes the "best" heath care? What is the criteria we are dealing with?

Um...infant mortality rates? Life expectancy? Cost per capita?

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What constitutes the "best" heath care? What is the criteria we are dealing with?

Um...infant mortality rates? Life expectancy? Cost per capita?

Pfffft!

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What constitutes the "best" heath care? What is the criteria we are dealing with?

Um...infant mortality rates? Life expectancy? Cost per capita?

Pfffft!

Fluffy hippie speak.

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What constitutes the "best" heath care? What is the criteria we are dealing with?

Um...infant mortality rates? Life expectancy? Cost per capita?

Pfffft!

Fluffy hippie speak.

Yup. As long as the metrics don't take into account saving the right people versus the wrong people, they're meaningless. No two people are equally deserving of the hypothetical health care dollar.