I was being pretty inflammatory with that, no doubt. The US also has some of the most advanced healthcare in the world, so it's not accurate in that dimension. But what good is that if it's not accessible?

For some US' citizens, there may as well be no healthcare, as they're not willing to take on the burden of medical debt. They could technically access it, but not without changing the course of their life for the worse forever. That's not an issue for citizens in most developed nations.

There are countries far far lower on the economic leaderboard than the US who do provide reasonable access to healthcare for their citizens, and of course the majority of developed nations do as well. The US is behind, and it's not because of increased opportunity.

(I'm not the one downvoting you by the way, I don't mind the conversation)