Originally Posted by djplong

All this talk still doesn't tackle the subject of why we pay more (over 2x as much as #2 per capita) for less care and have a dramatically lower lifespan than the other industrialized nations.

The CIA's own statistics put us on par with *CUBA* when it comes to life expectency.

There's plenty of "but (other-county's-solution) will make it worse!" but nothing on what might actually solve the problem or even start slowing the financial hemmorage.