While it's common to hear liberals refer to America as the only developed nation without socialized/government run healthcare, the biggest socialized healthcare system in the world exists in the United States.
Given the hundreds of thousands of veterans that have died awaiting care from the VA, you'd probably be skeptical of the argument that government run healthcare makes nations healthier, and live longer.
"The United States spends far more on healthcare per person than any other nation. Yet we have lower life expectancy than most other rich countries" says economics Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman.
Among the causes cited include "a lack of universal coverage and less robust safety net compared to most other countries." "Life expectancy in the United States declined to 78.6 years in 2016, placing America at number 37 on the list of 137 countries the World Economic Forum has ranked in their annual Global Competitiveness Report 2017-2018" reported the Huffington Post.
Regardless, we were still the only OECD without socialized medicine during that period.
Most countries classify babies as "Stillborn" if they survive less than 24 hours after birth.
Since America has a higher murder and suicide rate than the average OECD nation, that too drags down our lifespan statistics relative to others.
https://www.bongino.com/do-countries-with-socialized-medicine-really-live-longer/
Given the hundreds of thousands of veterans that have died awaiting care from the VA, you'd probably be skeptical of the argument that government run healthcare makes nations healthier, and live longer.
"The United States spends far more on healthcare per person than any other nation. Yet we have lower life expectancy than most other rich countries" says economics Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman.
Among the causes cited include "a lack of universal coverage and less robust safety net compared to most other countries." "Life expectancy in the United States declined to 78.6 years in 2016, placing America at number 37 on the list of 137 countries the World Economic Forum has ranked in their annual Global Competitiveness Report 2017-2018" reported the Huffington Post.
Regardless, we were still the only OECD without socialized medicine during that period.
Most countries classify babies as "Stillborn" if they survive less than 24 hours after birth.
Since America has a higher murder and suicide rate than the average OECD nation, that too drags down our lifespan statistics relative to others.
https://www.bongino.com/do-countries-with-socialized-medicine-really-live-longer/
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