Even Though U.S. Spends The Most Money On Health Care--U.S. Health Care Quality Ranks Poorly Worldwide

51. The most commonly used measures of a population's "well being" are infant mortality and life expectancy. The 2000 World Health Organization (WHO) report ranks the U.S at 26^th among countries surveyed in infant mortality and 28^th in life expectancy. (U. Maine) Are you surprised?

52. Would you consider this scandalous given how much this country spends on health care?

53. The 2000 WHO report also found that only 40% of the people in the U.S. were satisfied with their health care. This is even more disheartening, because the U.K., which has had persistent dissatisfaction problems with its National Health Service, registered a 60% satisfaction rate. (U. Maine)

54. Does the low level of health care satisfaction in the U.S. surprise you?

55. Would you agree that is unbelievable that we can we spend so much money on health care--while excluding 47 million people from health coverage--yet rank so low in infant mortality, life expectancy, and health care satisfaction?