From: "Nathan Saper" <natedog@well.com>
In a recent WHO study, the U.S. was ranked (IIRC) 15th in the world for healthcare (factoring in quality, availability, etc). This was behind many socialized healthcare countries, such as Canada.
From memory. From my ass.
I believe the US was ranked #37. The study seemed to rank countries based on some pretty useless things. For example, IIRC, it put a great deal of emphasis on relative levels of care within a country. Absolute or objective levels of care don't matter to the sick. That is why countries like Oman, Cuba, and Boobabooba outranked the US: almost everyone gets shitty, but equal, levels of care. Everyone gets to use that same needle. Also, it attempted to factor out the disabled, genetic freaks, the old and pathetic, etc. -- all of the people you care about. Chad can't afford to support these people, the US does, so it just wouldn't be fair if this were to be factored in. Those people just don't count!