10 Surprising Facts About American Health Care

http://news.investors.com/032609-472401-how-us-health-care-really-stacks-up.htm?p=2

This article, which outlines the findings from The National Center for Policy Analysis, concludes with this:

"Can the nationalized, universal systems in Britain, Canada or anywhere else improve on this [the U.S. healthcare system]? No, but we can ruin our health care by following the policies of countries where medical treatment is far below the American standard."

What has the federal government ever done well enough that gives you confidence that they can manage your healthcare?

Now for the Top 10 list:

#1 - "Americans have better survival rates than Europeans for common cancers."

#2 - "Americans have lower cancer mortality rates than Canadians."

#3 - "Americans have better access to treatment of chronic diseases than patients in other developed countries."

#4 - "Americans have better access to preventive cancer screenings than Canadians."

#5 - "Lower-income Americans are in better health than comparable Canadians."

#6 - "Americans spend less time waiting for care than patients in Canada and the United Kingdom."

#7 - "People in countries with more government control of health care are highly dissatisfied and believe reform is needed."

#8 - "Americans are more satisfied with the care they receive than Canadians."

#9 - "Americans have much better access to important new technologies like medical imaging than patients in Canada or the U.K."

#10 - "Americans are responsible for the vast majority of all health care innovations."