Teabagger demographics:

[OL FU]

Interesting if we used that logic, then we would be the most developed country if we have the highest rates.

So since we spend the highest % of our GDP on healthcare expenses, looks like the WHO would have our healthcare system ranked as the best in the world.

It was your logic not mine

Re: Health CAre some would say we do have the best healthcare system. Me I don't know.


However, while I don't consider my self a tea party member ( They seem much too diverse politically - some for Palin, some for Paul that is a pretty extreme difference), I do sympathize with some of their concerns. I guess that makes me a racist sympathizer

[OSBF]

So since we spend the highest % of our GDP on healthcare expenses, looks like the WHO would have our healthcare system ranked as the best in the world.

Coincidentally, Canada is "ranked" much higher than the United States by the WHO, but their citizens (and government officials) are continuously crossing the border to receive healthcare here.



HINT to OSBF...a pro socialized medicine organization is not going to rank a free market based healthcare system very high.

Actually, Canada ranked 30th, US ranked 37th. Aprox 200 countries ranked, so I'm not sure 7 spots equates to being ranked "much" higher.

HINT to baldy: Might want to learn some hard facts before posting

[Baldy]

Coincidentally, Canada is "ranked" much higher than the United States by the WHO, but their citizens (and government officials) are continuously crossing the border to receive healthcare here.



HINT to OSBF...a pro socialized medicine organization is not going to rank a free market based healthcare system very high.

Actually, Canada ranked 30th, US ranked 37th. Aprox 200 countries ranked, so I'm not sure 7 spots equates to being ranked "much" higher.

HINT to baldy: Might want to learn some hard facts before posting

30th to 37th is pretty significant for many people, but when your "point" gets totally blown out of the water, I guess all you have left to argue is the semantics.

[clenz]

Actually, Canada ranked 30th, US ranked 37th. Aprox 200 countries ranked, so I'm not sure 7 spots equates to being ranked "much" higher.

HINT to baldy: Might want to learn some hard facts before posting

30th to 37th is pretty significant for many people, but when your "point" gets totally blown out of the water, I guess all you have left to argue is the semantics.

Ask Michael Moore, or anyone who wants socialized medicine, and the difference may as well be 1st and last.

[YoUDeeMan]

That's the Lib way...facts be damned, just toss a bunch of crap out and hope something sticks.

Interesting:
You make a sweeping general observation about liberals being sweeping and general do you not see the irony in your very own post Cluck U..?

Cleets, Jizzang, Sybil. Mind your own gd business when I am making a generalization. If I wanted your specific input, I would have posted something about Italian women with flat stomachs and tight asses. On that subject, you might have some useful knowledge. Otherwise, you should go back to your communal hut, read some Pravda, and eat some rice, beans or whatever rations are available from the state store.

[Grizalltheway]

30th to 37th is pretty significant for many people, but when your "point" gets totally blown out of the water, I guess all you have left to argue is the semantics.

Ask Michael Moore, or anyone who wants socialized medicine, and the difference may as well be 1st and last.

The US spends more per capita on healthcare than any other country. Considering that, don't you think that we should be ranked higher than 37th?

[Pwns]

Ask Michael Moore, or anyone who wants socialized medicine, and the difference may as well be 1st and last.

The US spends more per capita on healthcare than any other country. Considering that, don't you think that we should be ranked higher than 37th?

We spend more per capita because
1) Americans are much more likely to get MRI's. For that matter, there are more high-tech medical gadgets in American hopsitals per capita than in any other developed nation in the world.
2) We are much more likely to get elective surgieries that aren't life-saving but do give people a higher quality of life. Try getting a hip replacement in Europe. You will wait several years as opposed to several weeks, and that is if the actuary decides you are likely to have enough years left for it to be worthwhile.

Among other things. It's the same reason that Americans spend more per capita on cars than, say, Europeans or Canadians. That's because they are more affordable in America.

The rankings are a crock anyway. You can make whatever kind of criteria you want to skew them any way you want. For example, they use life expectancy but don't correct for the number of obesity and tobacco-related deaths. Also, they count infant mortality rates and don't bother to take into account how infant mortalities are defined nation-by-nation.