ABOUT THAT TERRIBLE BRITISH HEALTH SYSTEM
Health spending as a share of GDP
Percent of total spending on healthcare
Health spending per head
US $7,290
Practicing physicians (per 1,000 people)
US 2.4
Nurses (per 1,000 people)
US 10.6
Acute care hospital beds (per 1,000 people)
US 2.7
Life expectancy:
US 78
Infant mortality (per 1,000 live births)
US 6.7
Source: WHO/OECD Health Data 2009

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cancer survival rates: Male, USA-66.3%, Wales 47.9%, England 44.8%, Scotland 40.2%. Female, USA, 62.9%, Wales, 54.1%, England, 52.7%, Scotland, 48%. Source, The Lancet 2007.
Anyone who thinks that the UK has better health care than the US is delusional.
The US already spends about the same (in terms of a percentage of GNP) in public money on healthcare as the UK, Canada and the Scandanavian countries:
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance/files/2009/08/chart1.jpg
Death from cancer:
United States: 321.9 deaths per 100,000 people,
United Kingdom: 253.5 deaths per 100,000 people
Source:
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_dea_fro_can-health-death-from-cancer
Interesting, another statistical gimmick to brain wash the public. The truth is if you live in the USA, you are more likely to die from cancer and your life will be shorter.
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