US health system ranks last compared with peer nations, report finds

Re:US health system ranks last compared with peer nations, r... by kylehotchkiss on Thursday September 19, 2024 @01:59AM (#41588984)

Ugh. This. Not just for healthcare though, for everything. Using small wealthy countries with populations smaller than our states as a comparison against our continent sized country is really not helping or proving anything.

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Re:US health system ranks last compared with peer nations, r... by hilux on Thursday September 19, 2024 @02:12AM (#41589068)

Did you read the article? (I recently posted something similar - it's probably posted often.)

It's proving that the US, which spends BY FAR the most on healthcare per capita, is getting a very poor return on our investment.

It's not really "helping" because the GOP is so opposed to healthcare reform - which would cut into their corporate profits, and they've somehow persuaded their supporters that Jesus hated healthcare but loved automatic weapons.

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Re:US health system ranks last compared with peer nations, r... by crummy on Thursday September 19, 2024 @02:38AM (#41589193)

Does having a bigger country mean health care is more expensive? How come?

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Re:US health system ranks last compared with peer nations, r... by triceratops on Thursday September 19, 2024 @09:14AM (#41591539)

> Using small wealthy countries with populations smaller than our states

I don't know which countries you're talking about. Sweden has a population of 10m, which would make it the 10th largest US state. Norway's 5.5m people would make it the 23rd largest.

Even if we go really small and rich, Luxembourg's population is 670k - that's more than Washington DC (not a state, I know), Vermont, and Wyoming.

The only really wealthy European country that's smaller than a US state is Iceland.

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