Performance of Health Care Systems

Ranking of the U.S. Among Other Countries

• Health. United States’ performance of the health of its people has been poor and getting worse.
  • Health outcomes - life expectancy 30th (WHO) or 50th (CIA)
  • Real People - rock-bottom, dead-last in ability to minimize deaths due to preventable diseases within a group of 19 countries; estimated 101,000 unnecessary deaths in the U.S.
• Health System Performance - U.S. 37th (WHO)
  • Health System Performance of 5 countries as per WHO
  • Health System Performance - details if 191 countries
• Health Care Spending: the only country out of control is the U.S.
  • Spending Among 30 Countries - a very amazing graph
  • Cost vs. Life Expectancy.

Health Care for Some, Not All

• Health Care Access. Other free-market countries provide health care for all, while the U.S. denies health care to millions.
  • Uninsured and Underinsured in the United States