On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 21:22, Robert West <robert.w...@just-micro.com>wrote:

> Actually, most of the advancement now is coming from other countries.
>  We're
> behind but since we live in it, we can't smell it.  We rank near number 37
> in health care, that certainly is not being a leader.  Even our friend,
> Cuba
> ranks higher than we do.  Shameful for a country as well off as we are.
>

http://ucatlas.ucsc.edu/health/spend/cost_longlife75.gif

I find that chart (showing average life expectancy versus per-capita
expenditures on health care) generally does a better job of showing how
wasteful the American health care system is than just about any number of
words.

David Smith
MVN.net


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