Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: i-node who wrote (1002103)	2/25/2017 12:32:23 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574004

"You destroyed the best health care system in the world. " These Are The 36 Countries That Have Better Healthcare Systems Than The US Adam Taylor and Samuel Blackstone Jun. 29, 2012, 2:44 PM 8,482,581 12 years ago, the World Health Organization released the World Health Report 2000. Inside the report there was an ambitious task — to rank the world's best healthcare systems. The results became notorious — the US healthcare system came in 15th in overall performance, and first in overall expenditure per capita. That result meant that its overall ranking was 37th. Click here to see who beat the US >The results have long been debated, with critics arguing that the data was out-of-date, incomplete, and that factors such as literacy and life expectancy were over-weighted. So controversial were the results that the WHO declined to rank countries in their World Health Report 2010, but the debate has raged on. In that same year, a report from the Commonwealth Fund ranked seven developed countries on their health care performance — the US came dead last. So, what can we learn from the report? NOTE: The rankings are based on an index of five factors — health, health equality, responsiveness, responsiveness equality, and fair financial contribution. As noted above, all data is from 2000 or earlier and these findings have been questioned. Click here to see the countries that have it better than the US > » View As: One Page Slides businessinsider.com

To: i-node who wrote (1002103)	2/25/2017 1:33:10 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574004

The best health care system in the world and the most expensive one where millions could not afford it, so went without. All other western nation insure everyone, one way or another. Only we leave millions to exist without health insurance. You have no conscience. <<Ha. You destroyed the best health care system in the world.