Health Care Variations Among Countries

In a U.N. World Health Organization WHO ranking of countries, the U.S. did poorly. This has been used as an argument for a massive overhaul of the U.S. health insurance industry.

However, look at the report closely because of the terms used. The latter represents what has become a typical U.N. report; an anti-American bias whenever possible.

Read carefully and you note the study points up only the difference between universal coverage and actual care.

It thus becomes easy to see the difference the terms signify. Look at health care in Canada, Great Britain and France with universal coverage. A law on the books or government promise to cover a citizen with health benefits does not mean everyone will get timely or sufficient personal attention when necessary.

The U. S. still has the best health care in the world, though it can be tweaked to be made better. (See the Earl J. Weinreb NewsHole® comments and @BusinessNewshole at twitter.)