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The American medical system has the latest technology, the greatest variety of new drugs and unparalleled resources. But anyone who thinks we're getting something great for our dollars inevitably encounters a two-word rebuke: infant mortality.
The United States is the richest nation on Earth, but it comes in 29th in the world in survival rates among babies. This mediocre ranking is supposed to make an irrefutable case for health care reform. If we cared enough to insure everyone, we are told, we would soon rise to the health standards of other modern nations. It's just a matter of...
Health Care and Infant Mortality: The Real Story
ONE of them is actually health care, where we are No. 1 by a large majority.
The other four are related to social justice, whether the individual or the government pays, etc.
So we are best in the only field I care about and lower in the other four areas I don't think anyone should worry about.