Those who oppose a national health care system in the United States often times say, "Heck no. We have the best health care system in the world."
Well now, don't you suppose that a good measure of how good a nations health care system is, would be to take a look at infant mortality?
The C.I.A. has ranked the nations of the world as to infant mortality rates, and guess where we are on the list?
Well, we ain't number one, that's for sure.
As a matter of fact, the United States is ranked number 43. That means that 42 countries have a better infant mortality rate than the United States. Surprisingly, some of those countries doing better than the United States are: Cuba, Germany, South Korea and the Czech Republic.
To hear more on this subject by Jack Clark go to his podcast page and click on #8
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