"Not necessarily" is not "necessarily not." A tired mantra is not proven true nor proven false simply by being a tired mantra, but a lie repeated often necessarily retains the trait of deceit inherent to all lies.
andyt, quoting a Berkeley study, wrote:
Heart disease is among the leading causes of death in the U.S. and Canada. Despite the U.S.'s higher spending on health care, it is unclear whether persons with heart disease fare better in one country or the other.
The USA is
one of the best in the world at heart attack treatment, then. I was praising the US system, not criticizing any other system.
If I had been, I'd have mentioned
overall cancer survival rates. (Spoiler: We're #1.)
Making a list of specific diseases for which the USA provides (or doesn't provide) world-class treatment doesn't change the overall picture: the US system is fantastic at some things, especially emergency response and availability of high technology, and pretty lousy at other things, especially cost and universal access.
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