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The Case For Single Payer, Universal Health Care For The United States
Myth One: The United States has the best health care system in the world.
Fact One: The United States ranks 23rd in infant mortality, down from 12th in 1960 and 21st in 1990.
Fact Two: The United States ranks 20th in life expectancy for women down from 1st in 1945 and 13th in 1960.
Fact Three: The United States ranks 21st in life expectancy for men down from 1st in 1945 and 17th in 1960.
Fact Four: The United States ranks between 50th and 100th in immunizations depending on the immunization. Overall US is 67th, right behind Botswana.
Fact Five: Outcome studies on a variety of diseases, such as coronary artery disease, and renal failure show the United States to rank below Canada and a wide variety of industrialized nations.
Conclusion: The United States ranks poorly relative to other industrialized nations in health care despite having the best trained health care providers and the best medical infrastructure of any industrialized nation.
Conclusion: Single payer, universal health care is not socialized medicine and would be preferred by the majority of the citizens of this country.
I take issue with all of these. None of those "facts" prove anything about our healthcare. Our health, yes, but that is more rooted in American culture and individual choices than access to quality healthcare.
Also, there is no way to say a single payer system isn't "socialized." Government control over an industry=socialized.
And I don't see any proof that it is preferred by a majority. In fact, I see the opposite.
