(We need to be careful with this next infant mortality stat. The US has stricter reporting)
> While the USA outspent the UK on healthcare (£6,311 and £2,777 per person respectively) in 2014, average life expectancy at birth in the USA was 78.8, compared with 81.4 in the UK.
> Despite spending, by far, the largest amount on healthcare, the USA was among the 10 OECD countries with the lowest life expectancy.
> Meanwhile the rest of the world gets free public health
And the US system is more expensive to the US government.
http://visual.ons.gov.uk/how-does-uk-healthcare-spending-com...
(We need to be careful with this next infant mortality stat. The US has stricter reporting)
> While the USA outspent the UK on healthcare (£6,311 and £2,777 per person respectively) in 2014, average life expectancy at birth in the USA was 78.8, compared with 81.4 in the UK.
> Despite spending, by far, the largest amount on healthcare, the USA was among the 10 OECD countries with the lowest life expectancy.